Nonstop flight route between Yola, Nigeria and Pago Pago, American Samoa:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Yola Airport (YOL), Yola, Nigeria and Pago Pago International Airport (PPG), Pago Pago, American Samoa would travel a Great Circle distance of 12,030 miles (or 19,361 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 Yola Airport and Pago Pago 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 Yola Airport and Pago Pago International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

The distance between YOL and PPG makes them almost exactly antipodal (the exact opposite side of the world) to each other. Nonstop flights between Yola Airport and Pago Pago International Airport would be very impractical for the airlines, because only a lightly loaded Boeing 777-200LR would be able to make the trip. Since airlines need to be able to take as many people and cargo as possible in order to make a profit, the odds of ever seeing a nonstop flight between YOL and PPG are slim to none. However, you'll still be able to get from Yola, Nigeria and Pago Pago, American Samoa by taking some connecting flights!

Did you know that one full circling of the Earth (measuring from the equator) is about 24,901.5 miles (or 40,075 kilometers), which means if you were 12,450 miles from any given point on the planet, the distance back to your starting point would be about the same -- in any direction! The same can be said for a nonstop flight between YOL and PPG!

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Facts about Yola Airport (YOL):

• Yola Airport handled 108,677 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Yola Airport (YOL) is Garoua International Airport (GOU), which is located 64 miles (103 kilometers) E of YOL.
• Yola Airport (YOL) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Yola Airport's relatively low elevation of 599 feet, planes can take off or land at Yola 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 furthest airport from Yola Airport (YOL) is Fitiuta Airport (FTI), which is nearly antipodal to Yola Airport (meaning Yola Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Fitiuta Airport), and is located 12,072 miles (19,428 kilometers) away in Fiti‘uta, American Samoa, United States.

Facts about Pago Pago International Airport (PPG):

• The airfield was first utilized on March 19, 1942 by U.S.
• It was also used for inter island air service between Faleolo, Western Samoa and Pago Pago in 1959 by newly formed, Apia-based Polynesian Airlines and short-lived, Pago Pago-based Samoa Airways using ex-military Douglas C-47B-45-DK type aircraft.
• The furthest airport from Pago Pago International Airport (PPG) is Zinder Airport (ZND), which is nearly antipodal to Pago Pago International Airport (meaning Pago Pago International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Zinder Airport), and is located 12,396 miles (19,950 kilometers) away in Zinder, Niger.
• The American Samoan government is looking into legal means to overcome current US cabotage rules that forbid foreign carriers from entering and serving the Pago Pago – Honolulu or Pago Pago – Los Angeles routes.
• Pago Pago International Airport (PPG) has 2 runways.
• Pago Pago International Airport went through major re-construction in 1963 under the U.S.
• The site and location of the current airport was originally known as Tafuna Airfield.
• To facilitate aircraft with large payload requirements and long distance flights, runway 05/23 was expanded in early 2001 from an original runway length of 9,000 feet to the current 10,000 feet.
• Because of Pago Pago International Airport's relatively low elevation of 32 feet, planes can take off or land at Pago Pago 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.
• The closest airport to Pago Pago International Airport (PPG) is Ofu Airport (OFU), which is located 69 miles (112 kilometers) E of PPG.