Nonstop flight route between Placerville, California, United States and Louisville, Kentucky, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Placerville Airport (PVF), Placerville, California, United States and Bowman Field (LOU), Louisville, Kentucky, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,887 miles (or 3,036 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 relatively short distance between Placerville Airport and Bowman Field, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Placerville Airport (PVF):

• Placerville Airport is a county-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles east of the central business district of Placerville, in El Dorado County, California, United States.
• The closest airport to Placerville Airport (PVF) is Auburn Municipal Airport (AUN), which is located 24 miles (38 kilometers) NW of PVF.
• The furthest airport from Placerville Airport (PVF) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,250 miles (18,105 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• Placerville Airport (PVF) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Bowman Field (LOU):

• Today Bowman Field is home to hundreds of privately owned aircraft as well as several commercial operations, including Central American Airways, which opened its doors in 1946, Falcon Aviation, Aero Club of Louisville, Inc., and Louisville Executive Aviation.
• The furthest airport from Bowman Field (LOU) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,243 miles (18,093 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Bowman Field (LOU) is Louisville International Airport (SDF), which is located only 5 miles (9 kilometers) SW of LOU.
• Bowman Field (LOU) has 2 runways.
• Because of Bowman Field's relatively low elevation of 546 feet, planes can take off or land at Bowman Field 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.
• During the Great Depression, Louisvillians would often come to the Art Deco terminal building to watch airplanes depart and land as a form of inexpensive entertainment.
• During World War II, Bowman Field was one of the nation's most important training bases as well as the nation's busiest airport.
• In 1988 three adjacent buildings at the airport were added to the National Register of Historic Places as the Bowman Field Historic District.