Nonstop flight route between Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States and Shafter, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Grider Field (PBF), Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States and Shafter Airport (MIT), Shafter, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,543 miles (or 2,484 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 relatively short distance between Grider Field and Shafter Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PBF / KPBF |
Airport Name: | Grider Field |
Location: | Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°10'27"N by 91°56'8"W |
Area Served: | Pine Bluff, Arkansas |
Operator/Owner: | City of Pine Bluff |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 206 feet (63 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from PBF |
More Information: | PBF Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MIT / KMIT |
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Location: | Shafter, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°30'20"N by 119°11'30"W |
Area Served: | Shafter, California |
Operator/Owner: | Minter Field Airport District |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 424 feet (129 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from MIT |
More Information: | MIT Maps & Info |
Facts about Grider Field (PBF):
- The closest airport to Grider Field (PBF) is Stuttgart Municipal Airport (SGT), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) NE of PBF.
- Grider Field (PBF) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Grider Field's relatively low elevation of 206 feet, planes can take off or land at Grider Field 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.
- Grider Field is a city-owned, public-use airport located four nautical miles southeast of the central business district of Pine Bluff, a city in Jefferson County, Arkansas, United States.
- The furthest airport from Grider Field (PBF) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,894 miles (17,532 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
Facts about Shafter Airport (MIT):
- Because of Shafter Airport's relatively low elevation of 424 feet, planes can take off or land at Shafter 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 furthest airport from Shafter Airport (MIT) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,404 miles (18,353 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- Shafter Airport (MIT) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Shafter Airport (MIT) is Meadows Field (BFL), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) ESE of MIT.
- In addition to being known as "Shafter Airport", another name for MIT is "Minter Field".
- The primary aircraft flown at Minter Field was the Vultee BT-13 Valiant, which was used for basic flight training.
- In August, the first operational training units s began arriving at Minter, the airfields mission being advanced pilot training of USAAC bomber, attack, transport and pursuit pilots.