Nonstop flight route between Gaua, Torba, Vanuatu and Pensacola, Florida, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Gaua Airport (ZGU), Gaua, Torba, Vanuatu and Pensacola International Airport (PNS), Pensacola, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,609 miles (or 12,245 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 Gaua Airport and Pensacola 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 Gaua Airport and Pensacola International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ZGU / NVSQ |
Airport Name: | Gaua Airport |
Location: | Gaua, Torba, Vanuatu |
GPS Coordinates: | 14°13'5"S by 167°35'13"E |
Area Served: | Gaua, Torba, Vanuatu |
Airport Type: | Public |
View all routes: | Routes from ZGU |
More Information: | ZGU Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PNS / KPNS |
Airport Name: | Pensacola International Airport |
Location: | Pensacola, Florida, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 30°28'23"N by 87°11'12"W |
Area Served: | Pensacola, Florida |
Operator/Owner: | City of Pensacola |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 121 feet (37 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from PNS |
More Information: | PNS Maps & Info |
Facts about Gaua Airport (ZGU):
- The closest airport to Gaua Airport (ZGU) is Vanua Lava Airport (SLH), which is located 26 miles (41 kilometers) N of ZGU.
- The furthest airport from Gaua Airport (ZGU) is Bakel Airport (BXE), which is nearly antipodal to Gaua Airport (meaning Gaua Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Bakel Airport), and is located 12,393 miles (19,945 kilometers) away in Bakel, Senegal.
Facts about Pensacola International Airport (PNS):
- This facility is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport.
- On July 6, 1996, Delta Air Lines Flight 1288, an MD-88, experienced an uncontained engine failure during takeoff on Runway 17.
- The furthest airport from Pensacola International Airport (PNS) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,148 miles (17,940 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- On December 27, 1987 an Eastern Airlines DC-9-31 made a hard landing and split its fuselage open just aft of its wing root.
- Pensacola has one passenger terminal with 12 gates, built in the early 1990s.
- UPS Airlines is the only cargo carrier at the airport currently.
- Pensacola mayor Ashton Hawyard announced on November 9, 2011 that, despite not serving any international destinations, the airport would change its name from Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport to Pensacola International Airport effective immediately.
- Because of Pensacola International Airport's relatively low elevation of 121 feet, planes can take off or land at Pensacola 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.
- Pensacola International Airport (PNS) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Pensacola International Airport (PNS) is NOLF Saufley Field (NUN), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) W of PNS.