Nonstop flight route between Sokcho, South Korea and Portland, Oregon, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sokcho Airport (SHO), Sokcho, South Korea and Portland International Airport (PDX), Portland, Oregon, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,162 miles (or 8,307 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 Sokcho Airport and Portland 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 Sokcho Airport and Portland 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 Sokcho Airport (SHO):

• The closest airport to Sokcho Airport (SHO) is Gangneung Airbase (KAG), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) SE of SHO.
• Because of Sokcho Airport's relatively low elevation of 92 feet, planes can take off or land at Sokcho 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 addition to being known as "Sokcho Airport", another name for SHO is "속초공항".
• Sokcho Airport (SHO) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Sokcho Airport (SHO) is Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport (PDP), which is nearly antipodal to Sokcho Airport (meaning Sokcho Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport), and is located 12,131 miles (19,523 kilometers) away in Maldonado/Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay.

Facts about Portland International Airport (PDX):

• Portland International Airport handled 1,502,956 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Portland International Airport (PDX) is Portland-Troutdale Airport (TTD), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) ESE of PDX.
• In 1948 the entire airport grounds were flooded during the Vanport Flood, forcing scheduled airline services to reroute to nearby Troutdale Airport.
• A new terminal opened in 1959, which for the most part serves as the present facility.
• Because of Portland International Airport's relatively low elevation of 30 feet, planes can take off or land at Portland 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.
• Portland International Airport (PDX) has 3 runways.
• Air Canada operated daily nonstop service between PDX and Toronto which began June 2010 and ended in 2012 caused by a lack of passengers.
• In 2013, a Travel+Leisure magazine readers' poll named PDX the best US airport, based on its on-time record, dining, shopping, and mass transportation into the city.
• In 1925 aviation proponents proposed an airport for Portland on Swan Island, northwest of downtown Portland on the Willamette River.
• The furthest airport from Portland International Airport (PDX) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,903 miles (17,546 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• PDX has a shopping mall behind its ticketing counters, with all shops and restaurants open every day.
• An expanded parking garage, new control tower, and canopy over the curbside were finished in the late 1990s.