Nonstop flight route between Portoviejo, Ecuador and Pärnu, Estonia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Reales Tamarindos Airport (PVO), Portoviejo, Ecuador and Pärnu Airport (EPU), Pärnu, Estonia would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,817 miles (or 10,970 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 Reales Tamarindos Airport and Pärnu 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 Reales Tamarindos Airport and Pärnu Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Reales Tamarindos Airport (PVO):

• The furthest airport from Reales Tamarindos Airport (PVO) is Aek Godang Airport (AEG), which is nearly antipodal to Reales Tamarindos Airport (meaning Reales Tamarindos Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Aek Godang Airport), and is located 12,411 miles (19,974 kilometers) away in Padang Sidempuan, Indonesia.
• The closest airport to Reales Tamarindos Airport (PVO) is Eloy Alfaro International Airport (MEC), which is located only 16 miles (25 kilometers) WNW of PVO.
• In addition to being known as "Reales Tamarindos Airport", another name for PVO is "Aeropuerto Reales Tamarindos".
• Because of Reales Tamarindos Airport's relatively low elevation of 130 feet, planes can take off or land at Reales Tamarindos 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.

Facts about Pärnu Airport (EPU):

• Pärnu Airport (EPU) currently has only 1 runway.
• In the summer of 2010 Estonian Air operated one return flight a week from Stockholm.
• In addition to being known as "Pärnu Airport", another name for EPU is "Pärnu lennujaam".
• The closest airport to Pärnu Airport (EPU) is Tallinn Airport (TLL), which is located 70 miles (112 kilometers) N of EPU.
• The furthest airport from Pärnu Airport (EPU) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,091 miles (17,848 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The small airline Air Livonia flew from Pärnu to Kuressaare, Kihnu and Ruhnu until 2006.
• Aeroflot used to operate Tartu-Viljandi-Pärnu-Kingissepa services using Antonov An-2 biplanes.
• In October 1937 Pärnu town council designated an area of 0.28 km² for the building of an airport.
• Because of Pärnu Airport's relatively low elevation of 46 feet, planes can take off or land at Pärnu 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.