Nonstop flight route between Asmara, Eritrea and Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Asmara International Airport (ASM), Asmara, Eritrea and Plymouth Municipal Airport (PYM), Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,476 miles (or 10,423 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 Asmara International Airport and Plymouth Municipal 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 Asmara International Airport and Plymouth Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Asmara International Airport (ASM):

• The Asmara airport was created in 1922, the first such facility to be opened in Italian Eritrea.
• The airport is the most important of Eritrea, even if it has some restrictions because it is located inside the external neighboroughs of Asmara.
• The closest airport to Asmara International Airport (ASM) is Massawa International Airport (MSW), which is located 41 miles (66 kilometers) NE of ASM.
• Asmara International Airport (ASM) has 2 runways.
• Because of Asmara International Airport's high elevation of 7,661 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at ASM. Combined with a high temperature, this could make ASM a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from Asmara International Airport (ASM) is Fangatau Airport (FGU), which is nearly antipodal to Asmara International Airport (meaning Asmara International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Fangatau Airport), and is located 12,398 miles (19,952 kilometers) away in Fangatau, French Polynesia.
• On 7 July 1935, an agreement was signed with Imperial Airways to connect Asmara to Khartoum.

Facts about Plymouth Municipal Airport (PYM):

• Helicopter on the airport ramp
• Plymouth Municipal Airport (PYM) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Plymouth Municipal Airport (PYM) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,801 miles (18,992 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The airport does not have a control tower, as it is has an airspace class of E.
• Because of Plymouth Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 148 feet, planes can take off or land at Plymouth Municipal 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 Plymouth Municipal Airport (PYM) is New Bedford Regional Airport (EWB), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) SW of PYM.
• Charter plane at the airport
• Plymouth Municipal Airport is a town-owned, public-use airport located four nautical miles southwest of the central business district of Plymouth, a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.