Nonstop flight route between Vung Tau, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Vietnam and Piarco (near Port of Spain), Trinidad and Tobago:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Vung Tau Airport (VTG), Vung Tau, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Vietnam and Piarco International Airport (POS), Piarco (near Port of Spain), Trinidad and Tobago would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,784 miles (or 17,356 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 Vung Tau Airport and Piarco 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 Vung Tau Airport and Piarco 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 Vung Tau Airport (VTG):

• Vung Tau Airport (VTG) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Vung Tau Airport (VTG) is Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport (SGN), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) NW of VTG.
• In addition to being known as "Vung Tau Airport", another name for VTG is "Sân bay Vũng Tàu".
• The furthest airport from Vung Tau Airport (VTG) is FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport (PCL), which is nearly antipodal to Vung Tau Airport (meaning Vung Tau Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport), and is located 12,258 miles (19,728 kilometers) away in Pucallpa, Peru.
• During the Vietnam War, the airport was used as an airbase of the United States Army, the South Vietnamese Air force and the United States Navy and the Air Force.

Facts about Piarco International Airport (POS):

• The control tower at the old terminal building is currently used for air traffic control.
• The closest airport to Piarco International Airport (POS) is A.N.R. Robinson International Airport (TAB), which is located 51 miles (83 kilometers) NE of POS.
• Because of Piarco International Airport's relatively low elevation of 58 feet, planes can take off or land at Piarco 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.
• Piarco International Airport, the busiest of many airports serving Trinidad and Tobago, is located in Piarco, a town in the Port of Spain Metro Area in the southern area of the Tunapuna-Piarco region, about 25 km east of Port of Spain's central business district.
• Piarco Airport opened on 8 January 1931, to serve Venezuela's Compagnie Generale Aeropostale.
• In addition to passenger airlines, the airport also handles cargo traffic, general aviation, military and helicopter flights to the many oil rigs present offshore.
• Piarco International Airport (POS) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Piarco International Airport", another name for POS is "78970[1][2]".
• The furthest airport from Piarco International Airport (POS) is Umbu Mehang Kunda Airport (WGP), which is nearly antipodal to Piarco International Airport (meaning Piarco International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Umbu Mehang Kunda Airport), and is located 12,308 miles (19,808 kilometers) away in Waingapu, Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.