Nonstop flight route between Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada and Ponce, Puerto Rico:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Pitt Meadows Regional Airport (YPK), Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada and Mercedita Airport (PSE), Ponce, Puerto Rico would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,768 miles (or 6,065 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 Pitt Meadows Regional 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 Pitt Meadows Regional 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 Pitt Meadows Regional Airport (YPK):

• Because of Pitt Meadows Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 11 feet, planes can take off or land at Pitt Meadows Regional 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.
• Pitt Meadows Airport is a Canadian general aviation airport located in the southwest of corner of Pitt Meadows, British Columbia.
• In addition to being known as "Pitt Meadows Regional Airport", another name for YPK is "Pitt Meadows Airport".
• The control tower at Pitt Meadows Airport operates from 7:00 a.m.
• Pitt Meadows Regional Airport (YPK) has 3 runways.
• The furthest airport from Pitt Meadows Regional Airport (YPK) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,676 miles (17,181 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• The closest airport to Pitt Meadows Regional Airport (YPK) is Blaine Municipal Airport (BWS), which is located only 16 miles (25 kilometers) S of YPK.

Facts about Mercedita Airport (PSE):

• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Mercedita Airport", other names for PSE include "Aeropuerto Mercedita" and "18.00'30"N, 66.33'47"W".
• Mercedita Airport covers an area of 274 acres at an elevation of 29 feet above mean sea level.
• The closest airport to Mercedita Airport (PSE) is Antonio (Nery) Juarbe Pol Airport (ARE), which is located 31 miles (51 kilometers) NNW of PSE.
• Passenger movement at the airport in FY 2008 was 278,911, a 1,228% increase over fiscal year 2003 and the highest of all the regional airports for that 5-year period.
• 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.
• On June 17, 2005, JetBlue Airways began daily, non-stop service between John F.
• Built in 1939, Mercedita was originally a modest aerodrome used for the airborne irrigation of sugarcane fields belonging to Destilería Serrallés.
• Mercedita Airport (PSE) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.