Nonstop flight route between Volos, Greece and Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Nea Anchialos National Airport (VOL), Volos, Greece and Pope Field (POB), Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,281 miles (or 8,499 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 Nea Anchialos National 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 Nea Anchialos National 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 Nea Anchialos National Airport (VOL):

• Nea Anchialos National Airport handled 92,574 passengers last year.
• A rail station immediately adjacent to the airport terminal will be completed in 2013.There is a bus connecting airport and Volos bus station.
• The closest airport to Nea Anchialos National Airport (VOL) is Larissa State Airport “Thessaly” (LRA), which is located 34 miles (55 kilometers) NNW of VOL.
• Nea Anchialos National Airport (VOL) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Nea Anchialos National Airport (VOL) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,394 miles (18,337 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Nea Anchialos National Airport is an airport located near the town of Nea Anchialos in Greece.
• Because of Nea Anchialos National Airport's relatively low elevation of 83 feet, planes can take off or land at Nea Anchialos National 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 "Nea Anchialos National Airport", other names for VOL include "Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Νέας Αγχιάλου", "Volos Central Greece Airport" and "Volos Nea Anchialos Airport of Central Greece".

Facts about Pope Field (POB):

• 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.
• 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.
• 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 United States Air Force 43d Airlift Group was activated at Pope on March 1, 2011.
• The 1930s saw the first major expansion of the facilities at Pope.
• 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.