Nonstop flight route between Warner Robins, Georgia, United States and Panama City, Panama:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Robins Air Force Base (WRB), Warner Robins, Georgia, United States and Tocumen International Airport (PTY), Panama City, Panama would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,650 miles (or 2,656 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 relatively short distance between Robins Air Force Base and Tocumen International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | WRB / KWRB |
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| Location: | Warner Robins, Georgia, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 32°38'24"N by 83°35'30"W |
| View all routes: | Routes from WRB |
| More Information: | WRB Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | PTY / MPTO |
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| Location: | Panama City, Panama |
| GPS Coordinates: | 9°4'17"N by 79°23'0"W |
| Area Served: | Panama City |
| Operator/Owner: | Tocumen S.A. |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 135 feet (41 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from PTY |
| More Information: | PTY Maps & Info |
Facts about Robins Air Force Base (WRB):
- The closest airport to Robins Air Force Base (WRB) is Middle Georgia Regional Airport (MCN), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NW of WRB.
- The furthest airport from Robins Air Force Base (WRB) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,355 miles (18,274 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Robins Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation located in Houston County, Georgia, United States.
- Near the base is the Museum of Aviation, begun in 1981, has four major structures on forty-three acres and ninety historic aircraft.
- To provide air defense of the base, United States Army Nike-Hercules Surface-to-air missile sites were constructed during 1959.
- In June 1941, after much competition, the War Department approved the construction of a depot in middle Georgia peanut-farm country near the Southern Railroad whistle-stop of Wellston.
- In addition to being known as "Robins Air Force Base", another name for WRB is "Robins AFB".
- Spurred on by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, the number of construction workers reached 2,200 by Christmas 1941.
Facts about Tocumen International Airport (PTY):
- Tocumen International Airport handled 7,784,328 passengers last year.
- Tocumen International Airport (PTY) has 2 runways.
- In order to build the structure that currently houses the current passenger terminal, a lot of land had to be moved and the bed of the Tocumen river had to be diverted from its original site.
- The closest airport to Tocumen International Airport (PTY) is Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport (PAC), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) WSW of PTY.
- Because of Tocumen International Airport's relatively low elevation of 135 feet, planes can take off or land at Tocumen 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.
- Tocumen International Airport is also the home airport of Copa Airlines.
- The renovation of the old Tocumen international airport to be used solely as a cargo terminal, was the last step of the modernization project of Tocumen international airport.
- The name of the airport was changed in 1981 by the military government for Omar Torrijos International Airport, in honor to the Panamanian leader who died in July 31, 1981, at the age of 52 in a plane crash in Cerro Marta, Coclesito in very bad conditions.
- In addition to being known as "Tocumen International Airport", another name for PTY is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Tocumen".
- The furthest airport from Tocumen International Airport (PTY) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is nearly antipodal to Tocumen International Airport (meaning Tocumen International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport), and is located 12,101 miles (19,475 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- During World War II, Panamanian airports were leased exclusively by the U.S.
- Tocumen airport administration acquired 22 new boarding bridges and replaced the oldest 14.
- The new facilities include platforms, taxiways and a new road which connect both the cargo terminal and the airport's administration building.
