Nonstop flight route between Gdynia, Poland and Punta Gorda, Florida, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Gdynia-Kosakowo Airport (QYD), Gdynia, Poland and Punta Gorda Airport (PGD), Punta Gorda, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,117 miles (or 8,235 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 Gdynia-Kosakowo Airport and Punta Gorda 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 Gdynia-Kosakowo Airport and Punta Gorda Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | QYD / EPOK | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Gdynia, Poland | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 54°34'46"N by 18°31'1"E | 
| Area Served: | Gdynia, Poland | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| View all routes: | Routes from QYD | 
| More Information: | QYD Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | PGD / KPGD | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Punta Gorda, Florida, United States | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 26°55'8"N by 81°59'26"W | 
| Area Served: | Punta Gorda, Florida | 
| Operator/Owner: | Charlotte County Airport Authority | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 26 feet (8 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 3 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from PGD | 
| More Information: | PGD Maps & Info | 
Facts about Gdynia-Kosakowo Airport (QYD):
- The airport opened before 1939.
- The furthest airport from Gdynia-Kosakowo Airport (QYD) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,436 miles (18,404 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Gdynia-Kosakowo Airport (QYD) is Gdansk Lech Walesa Airport (GDN), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) S of QYD.
- In addition to being known as "Gdynia-Kosakowo Airport", other names for QYD include "Port Lotniczy Gdynia-Kosakowo" and "Gdynia".
Facts about Punta Gorda Airport (PGD):
- The airport saw no large airlines after the early 1980s in the aftermath of the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978.
- The furthest airport from Punta Gorda Airport (PGD) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,471 miles (18,461 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
- Punta Gorda Airport (PGD) has 3 runways.
- The closest airport to Punta Gorda Airport (PGD) is Page Field (FMY), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) SSE of PGD.
- Punta Gorda Airport is a public airport three miles southeast of Punta Gorda, in Charlotte County, Florida.
- Because of Punta Gorda Airport's relatively low elevation of 26 feet, planes can take off or land at Punta Gorda 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.
- In 2010 enplanements only totaled 90,240, making PGD the least used airport in Florida by scheduled airline passengers.
- Punta Gorda Airport handled 149,141 passengers last year.
- In 1941 the US Army Corps of Engineers built an airfield on the current airport property as a combat pilot training base for the US Army Air Forces' Third Air Force, naming the facility Punta Gorda Army Airfield.
- In addition to being known as "Punta Gorda Airport", another name for PGD is "(Formerly Charlotte County Airport)".




