Nonstop flight route between Provo, Utah, United States and Colón, Panama:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Provo Municipal Airport (PVU), Provo, Utah, United States and Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport (ONX), Colón, Panama would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,891 miles (or 4,653 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 Provo Municipal Airport and Enrique Adolfo Jiménez 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 Provo Municipal Airport and Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PVU / KPVU |
Airport Name: | Provo Municipal Airport |
Location: | Provo, Utah, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°13'9"N by 111°43'24"W |
Area Served: | Provo, Utah |
Operator/Owner: | City of Provo |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4497 feet (1,371 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from PVU |
More Information: | PVU Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ONX / MPEJ |
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Location: | Colón, Panama |
GPS Coordinates: | 9°21'24"N by 79°52'3"W |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 26 feet (8 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ONX |
More Information: | ONX Maps & Info |
Facts about Provo Municipal Airport (PVU):
- The airport's Air Traffic Control Tower opened in 2005.
- Provo Municipal Airport (PVU) has 2 runways.
- Because of Provo Municipal Airport's high elevation of 4,497 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at PVU. Combined with a high temperature, this could make PVU a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The airport is used for general aviation and rarely had scheduled airline flights until June 2011 when Frontier Airlines began daily flights to Denver.
- The furthest airport from Provo Municipal Airport (PVU) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,993 miles (17,692 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The closest airport to Provo Municipal Airport (PVU) is Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC), which is located 42 miles (67 kilometers) NNW of PVU.
Facts about Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport (ONX):
- In addition to being known as "Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport", another name for ONX is "Aeropuerto Enrique Adolfo Jiménez".
- The furthest airport from Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport (ONX) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is nearly antipodal to Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport (meaning Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport), and is located 12,139 miles (19,536 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport (ONX) currently has only 1 runway.
- Initially established as Coco Walk Aerodrome in March 1918
- During World War II, the mission of the units at France Field consisted of the protection of the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal, and to fly antisubmarine missions over the Caribbean
- With the end of World War II France Airfield was reduced in scope, with most units being moved to Albrook or Howard Fields.
- During the early 1920s, France Field was expanded, as the defense of the Panama Canal was the major overseas concern of the Air Service.
- The closest airport to Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport (ONX) is Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport (PAC), which is located 34 miles (55 kilometers) SE of ONX.
- Because of Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport's relatively low elevation of 26 feet, planes can take off or land at Enrique Adolfo Jiménez 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.