Nonstop flight route between Porto Velho, Brazil and Cordova, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte) (PVH), Porto Velho, Brazil and Cordova Municipal Airport (CKU), Cordova, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,467 miles (or 10,408 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 Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte) and Cordova Municipal 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 Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte) and Cordova Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte) (PVH):

• The closest airport to Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte) (PVH) is Lábrea Airport (LBR), which is located 118 miles (189 kilometers) NNW of PVH.
• Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte) handled 1,050,682 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte) (PVH) is Kudat Airport (KUD), which is nearly antipodal to Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte) (meaning Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kudat Airport), and is located 12,303 miles (19,800 kilometers) away in Kudat, Sabah, Malaysia.
• The airport was opened on April 16, 1969 as a replacement to Caiari Airport, which was then closed.
• In addition to being known as "Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte)", another name for PVH is "Aeroporto Internacional de Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira (Belmonte)".
• Because of Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte)'s relatively low elevation of 289 feet, planes can take off or land at Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte) 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.
• Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte) (PVH) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Cordova Municipal Airport (CKU):

• Cordova Municipal Airport (CKU) has 2 runways.
• Cordova Municipal Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile east of the central business district of Cordova, a city in the Valdez-Cordova Census Area of the U.S.
• The closest airport to Cordova Municipal Airport (CKU) is Merle K. (Mudhole) Smith Airport (CDV), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) ESE of CKU.
• The furthest airport from Cordova Municipal Airport (CKU) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,561 miles (16,996 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
• Cordova is also served by the Merle K.
• In addition to being known as "Cordova Municipal Airport", another name for CKU is "(Cordova Army Airfield)".
• Because of Cordova Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 12 feet, planes can take off or land at Cordova Municipal 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.