Nonstop flight route between Provo, Utah, United States and Busan, South Korea:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Provo Municipal Airport (PVU), Provo, Utah, United States and Gimhae International Airport (PUS), Busan, South Korea would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,956 miles (or 9,585 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 Gimhae International 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 Gimhae International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Provo Municipal Airport (PVU):

• 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.
• The airport is used for general aviation and rarely had scheduled airline flights until June 2011 when Frontier Airlines began daily flights to Denver.
• In anticipation of commercial passenger service, a new terminal area was built in early 2011 to house Transportation Security Administration equipment for passenger screening.
• 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 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.
• Provo Municipal Airport (PVU) has 2 runways.

Facts about Gimhae International Airport (PUS):

• Because of Gimhae International Airport's relatively low elevation of 6 feet, planes can take off or land at Gimhae International 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 furthest airport from Gimhae International Airport (PUS) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is nearly antipodal to Gimhae International Airport (meaning Gimhae International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Rio Grande Regional Airport), and is located 12,214 miles (19,656 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
• Gimhae International Airport is located on the western end of Busan, South Korea.
• In addition to being known as "Gimhae International Airport", other names for PUS include "김해국제공항 金海國際空港", "Gimhae Gukje Gonghang" and "Kimhae Kukche Konghang".
• The closest airport to Gimhae International Airport (PUS) is Sacheon Airport (HIN), which is located 49 miles (80 kilometers) W of PUS.
• Masan, Changwon, Jinhae, Jangyu, Gimhae, Pohang, Gyeongju, Gumi, Dongdaegu, Ulsan, Eonyang, Yangsan, Gohyeon, Okpo, Jangseungpo
• Gimhae International Airport handled 9,671,381 passengers last year.
• Gimhae International Airport (PUS) has 2 runways.