Nonstop flight route between Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil and Pinellas County, Florida (near St. Petersburg and Clearwater), United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Petrolina–Senador Nilo Coelho Airport (PNZ), Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil and St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport (PIE), Pinellas County, Florida (near St. Petersburg and Clearwater), United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,813 miles (or 6,137 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 Petrolina–Senador Nilo Coelho Airport and St. Pete–Clearwater 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 Petrolina–Senador Nilo Coelho Airport and St. Pete–Clearwater 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: | PNZ / SBPL |
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Location: | Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 9°22'2"S by 40°35'48"W |
Area Served: | Petrolina Juazeiro |
Operator/Owner: | Infraero |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1260 feet (384 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from PNZ |
More Information: | PNZ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PIE / KPIE |
Airport Name: | St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport |
Location: | Pinellas County, Florida (near St. Petersburg and Clearwater), United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 27°54'36"N by 82°41'15"W |
Area Served: | St. Petersburg / Clearwater, Florida |
Operator/Owner: | County of Pinellas |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 11 feet (3 meters) |
# of Runways: | 4 |
View all routes: | Routes from PIE |
More Information: | PIE Maps & Info |
Facts about Petrolina–Senador Nilo Coelho Airport (PNZ):
- The airport is located 9 km from downtown Petrolina and 15 km from downtown Juazeiro.
- Petrolina–Senador Nilo Coelho Airport handled 473,482 passengers last year.
- Petrolina–Senador Nilo Coelho Airport (PNZ) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Petrolina–Senador Nilo Coelho Airport (PNZ) is Barra Airport (BQQ), which is located 209 miles (337 kilometers) SW of PNZ.
- The furthest airport from Petrolina–Senador Nilo Coelho Airport (PNZ) is Falalop Airfield (ULI), which is nearly antipodal to Petrolina–Senador Nilo Coelho Airport (meaning Petrolina–Senador Nilo Coelho Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Falalop Airfield), and is located 12,385 miles (19,931 kilometers) away in Falalop Island, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia.
- In addition to being known as "Petrolina–Senador Nilo Coelho Airport", another name for PNZ is "Aeroporto de Petrolina–Senador Nilo Coelho".
Facts about St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport (PIE):
- St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport (PIE) has 4 runways.
- Because of its lesser pace of operations, PIE is frequently used instead of TPA as a destination airport by pilots of private planes and executive jets for access to the Tampa Bay Area.
- The closest airport to St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport (PIE) is Clearwater Air Park (CLW), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) NW of PIE.
- On June 6, 1982, Douglas C-47A N95C of Fromhagen Aviation was written off when the starboard engine failed on take-off on a training flight.
- Because of St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport's relatively low elevation of 11 feet, planes can take off or land at St. Pete–Clearwater 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.
- In the 1950s some airlines provided service to both PIE and TPA, such as Delta Air Lines, Eastern Air Lines, National Airlines and Northwest Airlines.
- The furthest airport from St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport (PIE) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,426 miles (18,388 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
- Construction of the airport at its present site started in March 1941.
- To commemorate the airport's vital role during that conflict, a plaque was dedicated at the airport terminal in 1994 by the P-51 Fighter Pilots Association and Brigadier General James H.