Nonstop flight route between Carajás, Pará, Brazil and Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Carajás Airport (CKS), Carajás, Pará, Brazil and Pope Field (POB), Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,420 miles (or 5,504 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 Carajás Airport and Pope Field, 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 Carajás Airport and Pope Field. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CKS / SBCJ |
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Location: | Carajás, Pará, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 6°6'55"S by 50°0'5"W |
Area Served: | Carajás (Parauapebas) |
Operator/Owner: | Infraero |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2064 feet (629 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CKS |
More Information: | CKS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | POB / KPOB |
Airport Name: | Pope Field |
Location: | Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°10'14"N by 79°0'51"W |
View all routes: | Routes from POB |
More Information: | POB Maps & Info |
Facts about Carajás Airport (CKS):
- The closest airport to Carajás Airport (CKS) is Xinguara Airport (XIG), which is located 67 miles (109 kilometers) S of CKS.
- In addition to being known as "Carajás Airport", another name for CKS is "Aeroporto de Carajás".
- Carajás Airport (CKS) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Carajás Airport (CKS) is Mati Airport (MXI), which is nearly antipodal to Carajás Airport (meaning Carajás Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mati Airport), and is located 12,175 miles (19,593 kilometers) away in Mati, Davao Oriental, Philippines.
- It is operated by Infraero.
- Carajás Airport handled 144,428 passengers last year.
Facts about Pope Field (POB):
- In April 1992, A/OA-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft were transferred to the 75th Fighter Squadron from the 353d FS / 354th FW at Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, South Carolina prior to the wing's inactivation and the base's closure in January 1993.
- The drop zones, low-level routes, and dirt landing zones at Fort Bragg became familiar to many men bound for Southeast Asia.
- Original operations included photographing terrain for mapping, carrying the mail, and spotting for artillery and forest fires.
- The furthest airport from Pope Field (POB) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,630 miles (18,716 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- In August 1971, the 464th inactivated and the 317th Tactical Airlift Wing administratively moved to Pope AFB from Lockbourne AFB, Ohio.
- The closest airport to Pope Field (POB) is Simmons Army Airfield (FBG), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) ESE of POB.
- After the war, Pope Field became Pope Air Force Base with the creation of the United States Air Force on 18 September 1947.