Nonstop flight route between Ponce, Puerto Rico and Porto Seguro, Brazil:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Mercedita Airport (PSE), Ponce, Puerto Rico and Porto Seguro Airport (BPS), Porto Seguro, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,027 miles (or 4,871 kilometers).
A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the large distance between Mercedita Airport and Porto Seguro Airport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.
Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between Mercedita Airport and Porto Seguro Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PSE / TJPS |
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Location: | Ponce, Puerto Rico |
GPS Coordinates: | 18°0'29"N by 66°33'47"W |
Area Served: | Ponce, Puerto Rico |
Operator/Owner: | Puerto Rico Ports Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 29 feet (9 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from PSE |
More Information: | PSE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BPS / SBPS |
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Location: | Porto Seguro, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 16°26'17"S by 39°4'40"W |
Area Served: | Porto Seguro |
Operator/Owner: | Sinart |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 168 feet (51 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BPS |
More Information: | BPS Maps & Info |
Facts about Mercedita Airport (PSE):
- In early 2010, members of the Ponce Chamber of Commerce strongly criticized the Puerto Rico Ports Authority and its director Alvaro Pilar Villagran after failure to execute on a legally binding agreement of November 2008, whereby the Ports Authority agreed to an investment of $8 million to build an airport drainage system needed as part of any additional expansion work.
- Mercedita Airport (PSE) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Mercedita Airport (PSE) is Barrow Island Airport (BWB), which is nearly antipodal to Mercedita Airport (meaning Mercedita Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Barrow Island Airport), and is located 12,201 miles (19,636 kilometers) away in Barrow Island, Western Australia, Australia.
- In addition to being known as "Mercedita Airport", other names for PSE include "Aeropuerto Mercedita" and "18.00'30"N, 66.33'47"W".
- Because of Mercedita Airport's relatively low elevation of 29 feet, planes can take off or land at Mercedita Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
- The takeoff/landing strip was then only 850 feet long by 50 feet wide.
- The closest airport to Mercedita Airport (PSE) is Antonio (Nery) Juarbe Pol Airport (ARE), which is located 31 miles (51 kilometers) NNW of PSE.
- On August 12, 1981, an Air Florida plane with 125 Haitian refugees aboard landed at Mercedita en route to the Fort Allen facility in Juana Diaz, part of the 1981 Haitian refugees exodus.
Facts about Porto Seguro Airport (BPS):
- Porto Seguro Airport is the airport serving Porto Seguro, Brazil.
- The furthest airport from Porto Seguro Airport (BPS) is Rota International Airport (ROP), which is nearly antipodal to Porto Seguro Airport (meaning Porto Seguro Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Rota International Airport), and is located 12,109 miles (19,488 kilometers) away in Rota Island, Northern Mariana Islands.
- Porto Seguro Airport (BPS) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Porto Seguro Airport (BPS) is Ilhéus/Bahia-Jorge Amado Airport (IOS), which is located 112 miles (181 kilometers) N of BPS.
- In addition to being known as "Porto Seguro Airport", another name for BPS is "Aeroporto de Porto Seguro".
- Because of Porto Seguro Airport's relatively low elevation of 168 feet, planes can take off or land at Porto Seguro Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
- The airport was inaugurated in 1982 but in 1997 brand new passenger terminal and apron were opened.