Nonstop flight route between Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada and Ponce, Puerto Rico:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Portage la Prairie/Southport Airport (YPG), Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada and Mercedita Airport (PSE), Ponce, Puerto Rico would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,815 miles (or 4,531 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 Portage la Prairie/Southport Airport and Mercedita 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 Portage la Prairie/Southport Airport and Mercedita Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Portage la Prairie/Southport Airport (YPG):

• The closest airport to Portage la Prairie/Southport Airport (YPG) is Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (YWG), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) E of YPG.
• In addition to being known as "Portage la Prairie/Southport Airport", another name for YPG is "Canadian Forces Base Portage la Prairie".
• The furthest airport from Portage la Prairie/Southport Airport (YPG) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,422 miles (16,773 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Portage la Prairie/Southport Airport (YPG) has 4 runways.
• Because of Portage la Prairie/Southport Airport's relatively low elevation of 884 feet, planes can take off or land at Portage la Prairie/Southport 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.

Facts about Mercedita Airport (PSE):

• Mercedita Airport covers an area of 274 acres at an elevation of 29 feet above mean sea level.
• On June 24, 1972, Prinair Flight 191, which took off from Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, crashed while attempting to land at Mercedita Airport.
• The furthest airport from Mercedita Airport (PSE) is Barrow Island Airport (BWB), which is nearly antipodal to Mercedita Airport (meaning Mercedita Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Barrow Island Airport), and is located 12,201 miles (19,636 kilometers) away in Barrow Island, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Mercedita Airport (PSE) is Antonio (Nery) Juarbe Pol Airport (ARE), which is located 31 miles (51 kilometers) NNW of PSE.
• Mercedita Airport (PSE) currently has only 1 runway.
• On August 12, 1981, an Air Florida plane with 125 Haitian refugees aboard landed at Mercedita en route to the Fort Allen facility in Juana Diaz, part of the 1981 Haitian refugees exodus.
• In addition to being known as "Mercedita Airport", other names for PSE include "Aeropuerto Mercedita" and "18.00'30"N, 66.33'47"W".
• After Ponce's mayor Rafael Cordero signed a contract to build a major seaport in the area, Mercedita's directors decided to expand the airport's runway to 8,000 ft to accommodate anticipated growth in airline traffic.
• Because of Mercedita Airport's relatively low elevation of 29 feet, planes can take off or land at Mercedita 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.