Nonstop flight route between Valladolid, Spain and Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Valladolid International Airport (VLL), Valladolid, Spain and Pope Field (POB), Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,914 miles (or 6,299 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 Valladolid International Airport and Pope Field, 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 Valladolid International Airport and Pope Field. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Valladolid International Airport (VLL):

• Valladolid International Airport (VLL) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Valladolid International Airport", another name for VLL is "Aeropuerto de Valladolid".
• The closest airport to Valladolid International Airport (VLL) is Salamanca-Matacán Airport (SLM), which is located 62 miles (100 kilometers) SSW of VLL.
• The terminal offers all the usual amenities expected by passengers, including a duty-free shop, cafe and restaurant, ATM and information services.
• Valladolid International Airport handled 260 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Valladolid International Airport (VLL) is Wellington International Airport (WLG), which is nearly antipodal to Valladolid International Airport (meaning Valladolid International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Wellington International Airport), and is located 12,405 miles (19,964 kilometers) away in Wellington, New Zealand.

Facts about Pope Field (POB):

• The 10th TRG was inactivated on April 1, 1949 and the host unit at Pope was the 4415th Air Base Group.
• The USAF 440th Airlift Wing is a United States Air Force Reserve unit performs airfield operations to include airfield management, weather forecasting, airfield tower control, airfield navigation and landing systems’ maintenance.
• The drop zones, low-level routes, and dirt landing zones at Fort Bragg became familiar to many men bound for Southeast Asia.
• The United States Air Force 43d Airlift Group was activated at Pope on March 1, 2011.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Pope Field (POB) is Simmons Army Airfield (FBG), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) ESE of POB.
• Pope Field is a military facility located 12 miles northwest of the central business district of Fayetteville, in Cumberland County, North Carolina United States.
• Pope AFB is named after First Lieutenant Harley Halbert Pope who was killed on January 7, 1919, when the Curtiss JN-4 Jenny he was flying crashed into the Cape Fear River.
• In April 1992, A/OA-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft were transferred to the 75th Fighter Squadron from the 353d FS / 354th FW at Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, South Carolina prior to the wing's inactivation and the base's closure in January 1993.