Nonstop flight route between Saint Petersburg, Russia (formerly Leningrad between 1924 and 1991) and Roswell, New Mexico, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Pulkovo Airport (LED), Saint Petersburg, Russia (formerly Leningrad between 1924 and 1991) and Roswell International Air Center (ROW), Roswell, New Mexico, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,509 miles (or 8,865 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 Pulkovo Airport and Roswell International Air Center, 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 Pulkovo Airport and Roswell International Air Center. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LED / ULLI |
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Location: | Saint Petersburg, Russia (formerly Leningrad between 1924 and 1991) |
GPS Coordinates: | 59°48'1"N by 30°15'44"E |
Area Served: | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
Operator/Owner: | Saint Petersburg City Administration |
Airport Type: | International |
Elevation: | 79 feet (24 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from LED |
More Information: | LED Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ROW / KROW |
Airport Name: | Roswell International Air Center |
Location: | Roswell, New Mexico, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°18'5"N by 104°31'50"W |
Area Served: | Roswell, New Mexico |
Operator/Owner: | City of Roswell |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 3671 feet (1,119 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from ROW |
More Information: | ROW Maps & Info |
Facts about Pulkovo Airport (LED):
- Pulkovo Airport (LED) has 2 runways.
- ICAO category 1 standards were implemented in 1965, making way for international operations.
- For a more comprehensive list, see Aviation Safety Network Entry for LED.
- In May 2008, the City of Saint Petersburg opened a 1.5 bn USD tender for a 30-year concession to operate Pulkovo Airport.
- The closest airport to Pulkovo Airport (LED) is Rzhevka Airport (RVH), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) NE of LED.
- As of 2013, Pulkovo is the 3rd busiest in Russia after Moscow's Domodedovo and Sheremetyevo airports.
- In 1951 the airport terminal was redesigned to handle larger aircraft.
- In addition to being known as "Pulkovo Airport", another name for LED is "Аэропо́рт Пу́лково".
- The furthest airport from Pulkovo Airport (LED) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,868 miles (17,491 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Pulkovo Airport handled 12,854,366 passengers last year.
- Because of Pulkovo Airport's relatively low elevation of 79 feet, planes can take off or land at Pulkovo 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.
Facts about Roswell International Air Center (ROW):
- Roswell International Air Center, also known as Roswell Industrial Air Center, is a city-owned public-use airport located seven miles south of the central business district of Roswell, a city in Chaves County, New Mexico, United States.
- The airport was used by Felix Baumgartner to launch his record-breaking freefall jump from the stratosphere on October 14, 2012.
- It is also known for the Roswell UFO incident, an event that supposedly happened on July 4, 1947.
- The closest airport to Roswell International Air Center (ROW) is Artesia Municipal Airport (ATS), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) S of ROW.
- On April 2, 2011, a Gulfstream G650 crashed shortly after takeoff from the airport during a test flight that was being conducted by the manufacturer of this large business jet, killing all four aboard.
- The RIAC is home to a plastic manufacturer.
- The site is the storage facility for many of American Airlines' retired Airbus A300-600R wide body jetliners.
- Roswell International Air Center (ROW) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Roswell International Air Center (ROW) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,241 miles (18,090 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- From 1941 to 1967, the facility was known as Roswell Army International Airfield during World War II, and Walker Air Force Base during the Cold War.
- The site was used for several years to launch stratospheric balloons for Air Force projects.