Nonstop flight route between Quepos, Costa Rica and Portland, Oregon, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP), Quepos, Costa Rica and Portland International Airport (PDX), Portland, Oregon, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,377 miles (or 5,435 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 Quepos La Managua Airport and Portland 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 Quepos La Managua Airport and Portland 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 Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP):

• Because of Quepos La Managua Airport's relatively low elevation of 85 feet, planes can take off or land at Quepos La Managua 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.
• The closest airport to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP) is Tobías Bolaños International Airport (SYQ), which is located 36 miles (57 kilometers) N of XQP.
• Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is nearly antipodal to Quepos La Managua Airport (meaning Quepos La Managua Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport), and is located 12,236 miles (19,692 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.

Facts about Portland International Airport (PDX):

• Portland International Airport handled 1,502,956 passengers last year.
• Portland International Airport (PDX) has 3 runways.
• The closest airport to Portland International Airport (PDX) is Portland-Troutdale Airport (TTD), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) ESE of PDX.
• An expanded parking garage, new control tower, and canopy over the curbside were finished in the late 1990s.
• The furthest airport from Portland International Airport (PDX) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,903 miles (17,546 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• In 1925 aviation proponents proposed an airport for Portland on Swan Island, northwest of downtown Portland on the Willamette River.
• Concourses A and B are given mostly to Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air.
• PDX has direct connections to major airport hubs throughout the United States, plus non-stop international flights to Canada, Japan, and the Netherlands.
• In August 2005, the concourse connector was opened.
• Swan Island Airport was officially named Portland Airport until the opening of the new airport.
• Because of Portland International Airport's relatively low elevation of 30 feet, planes can take off or land at Portland 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.
• By 1935 it was becoming apparent to the Port of Portland that the Swan Island Airport was becoming obsolete.