Nonstop flight route between Tartu, Estonia and Greensboro, North Carolina, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tartu Airport (TAY), Tartu, Estonia and Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO), Greensboro, North Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,676 miles (or 7,525 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 Tartu Airport and Piedmont Triad 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 Tartu Airport and Piedmont Triad 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 Tartu Airport (TAY):

• Because of Tartu Airport's relatively low elevation of 219 feet, planes can take off or land at Tartu 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 Tartu Airport (TAY) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,031 miles (17,753 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In 2010 Tartu Airport served 23,504 passengers.
• In addition to being known as "Tartu Airport", another name for TAY is "Tartu lennujaam".
• In 2009 the runway was lengthened to 1,799 m.
• Tartu Airport (TAY) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Tartu Airport (TAY) is Pskov Airport (PKV), which is located 72 miles (116 kilometers) ESE of TAY.

Facts about Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO):

• Because of Piedmont Triad International Airport's relatively low elevation of 926 feet, planes can take off or land at Piedmont Triad 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 Cargo Terminals have expanded in the last 13 years.
• The furthest airport from Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,574 miles (18,626 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO) has 3 runways.
• In July 1942 responsibility for the airport was given to the Greensboro-High Point Airport Authority, with representatives from Greensboro, High Point, and the Sedgefield community.
• By 1975 airport officials began to plan for a new terminal.
• In December 2008, FedEx Express said that it would open the hub on time in June 2009, but it will operate at nowhere near capacity.
• The airport was renamed Greensboro-High Point Airport and later Greensboro – High Point – Winston-Salem Regional Airport.
• Also in the mid-1990s, start-up carrier Eastwind Airlines began serving PTI.
• The closest airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO) is Smith Reynolds Airport (INT), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) W of GSO.
• Pitcairn Aviation, Incorporated was given the contract to fly the airmail route, the second official airmail route in the United States, and Pitcairn Aviation made the first delivery of airmail in North Carolina on May 1, 1928.