Nonstop flight route between Salmon, Idaho, United States and Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Lemhi County Airport (SMN), Salmon, Idaho, United States and Pope Field (POB), Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,948 miles (or 3,134 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 relatively short distance between Lemhi County Airport and Pope Field, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SMN / KSMN |
Airport Name: | Lemhi County Airport |
Location: | Salmon, Idaho, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 45°7'26"N by 113°52'53"W |
Operator/Owner: | Lemhi County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4043 feet (1,232 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SMN |
More Information: | SMN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | POB / KPOB |
Airport Name: | Pope Field |
Location: | Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°10'14"N by 79°0'51"W |
View all routes: | Routes from POB |
More Information: | POB Maps & Info |
Facts about Lemhi County Airport (SMN):
- The furthest airport from Lemhi County Airport (SMN) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,686 miles (17,197 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- The closest airport to Lemhi County Airport (SMN) is Challis Airport (CHL), which is located 45 miles (72 kilometers) SSW of SMN.
- Because of Lemhi County Airport's high elevation of 4,043 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SMN. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SMN a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Lemhi County Airport (SMN) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Pope Field (POB):
- In August 1971, the 464th inactivated and the 317th Tactical Airlift Wing administratively moved to Pope AFB from Lockbourne AFB, Ohio.
- The closest airport to Pope Field (POB) is Simmons Army Airfield (FBG), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) ESE of POB.
- The United States Army Fort Bragg Garrison is the host organization at Pope Field.
- The 464th received the Mackay Trophy for the dramatic RED DRAGON/DRAGON ROUGE and BLACK DRAGON/DRAGON NOIR hostage rescue missions in the Congo in 1964.
- The 1930s saw the first major expansion of the facilities at Pope.
- During the Vietnam War, Pope was the destination for the bodies of servicemen killed in Southeast Asia.
- The furthest airport from Pope Field (POB) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,630 miles (18,716 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.