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- From the equator
- 1,050 km
- 8,957 km from the South pole
History & name
Port Moresby Jacksons International Airport lies 9 km from Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea. It has two runways, the longest 2,750 m, and sits at an elevation of 146 ft.
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At a glance
- Full name
- Port Moresby Jacksons International Airport
- Serves
- Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
- City centre
- 9 km from Port Moresby
- Runways
- 2 runways, longest 2,750 m
- Elevation
- 146 ft (45 m)
Where it sits
9.4°S, 147.2°E puts POM in the southern hemisphere, 1,050 km from the equator and 8,957 km from the South pole.
Of the 661 airports on this site it is the 555th most northerly, which makes it the 107th most southerly.
Straight through the middle
Straight down through the centre of the Earth comes out at 9.4°N, 32.8°W. The nearest airport on this site to that point is Pinto Martins (FOR) in Brazil, still 1,602 km away — most of the planet's antipodes are ocean.
What’s near it
The closest other airport on this site is Cairns (CNS), 842 km away in a straight line. Nothing else on this site is within 100 km.
Distances from POM
Great circle distance and an estimated time in the air.
| To | Distance | Estimated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney | SYD | 2,754 km | 3h 55m |
Where these facts come from
The profile is looked up, not written from memory: type, runways, elevation and the official website from OurAirports (public domain); opening year, namesake, operator and passenger count from Wikidata (CC0); the city centre from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Where a source has nothing, the line is left out. Distances, neighbours and the antipode are computed from the coordinates.
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