Nonstop flight route between Tynda, Amur Oblast, Russia and Punta Raisi (near Palermo), Italy:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tynda Sigikta (TYD), Tynda, Amur Oblast, Russia and Falcone–Borsellino Airport (PMO), Punta Raisi (near Palermo), Italy would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,833 miles (or 7,779 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 Tynda Sigikta and Falcone–Borsellino 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 Tynda Sigikta and Falcone–Borsellino Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Tynda Sigikta (TYD):

• Tynda Sigikta (TYD) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Tynda Sigikta (TYD) is Chulman Neryungri Airport (NER), which is located 113 miles (181 kilometers) N of TYD.
• The furthest airport from Tynda Sigikta (TYD) is Port Stanley Airport (PSY), which is nearly antipodal to Tynda Sigikta (meaning Tynda Sigikta is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Port Stanley Airport), and is located 12,167 miles (19,581 kilometers) away in Stanley, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom.

Facts about Falcone–Borsellino Airport (PMO):

• The airport was given the name Falcone–Borsellino in memory of the two leading anti-mafia judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino who were murdered by the mafia in 1992.
• Falcone–Borsellino Airport handled 4,349,672 passengers last year.
• Falcone–Borsellino Airport (PMO) has 2 runways.
• On 30 May 2004, ENAC awarded GESAP an "airport certificate" in recognition of the airport's full conformity with the regulations set down in ENAC's "regulations for the construction and management of airports".
• The furthest airport from Falcone–Borsellino Airport (PMO) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,805 miles (18,999 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Falcone–Borsellino Airport (PMO) is Vincenzo Florio Airport Trapani-Birgi (TPS), which is located 38 miles (61 kilometers) WSW of PMO.
• In 1994, GESAP was charged with the partial management of the airport through a convention which granted the company a 20-year mandate to run land-side activities.
• In addition to being known as "Falcone–Borsellino Airport", another name for PMO is "Aeroporto Falcone e Borsellino".
• Today, after having recently transferred its handling sector to a controlled company, GH Palermo, GESAP is awaiting a ministerial decree that will grant it a forty-year concession for the total management of the airport.
• Because of Falcone–Borsellino Airport's relatively low elevation of 65 feet, planes can take off or land at Falcone–Borsellino 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.