Nonstop flight route between Fletcher, North Carolina, United States and Jacmel, Haiti:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Asheville Regional Airport (AVL), Fletcher, North Carolina, United States and Jacmel Airport (JAK), Jacmel, Haiti would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,337 miles (or 2,152 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 Asheville Regional Airport and Jacmel Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | AVL / KAVL |
Airport Name: | Asheville Regional Airport |
Location: | Fletcher, North Carolina, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°26'9"N by 82°32'30"W |
Area Served: | Asheville, North Carolina |
Operator/Owner: | City of Asheville |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2165 feet (660 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from AVL |
More Information: | AVL Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | JAK / MTJA |
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Location: | Jacmel, Haiti |
GPS Coordinates: | 18°14'27"N by 72°31'6"W |
Area Served: | Jacmel, Haiti |
Operator/Owner: | Autorité Aéroportuaire Nationale |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 167 feet (51 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from JAK |
More Information: | JAK Maps & Info |
Facts about Asheville Regional Airport (AVL):
- The closest airport to Asheville Regional Airport (AVL) is Greenville–Spartanburg International Airport (GSP), which is located 42 miles (67 kilometers) SSE of AVL.
- On May 4, 2007 a 1977 Cessna 182 en route to Asheville Regional Airport crashed near the airport, killing three Georgia men.
- Asheville Regional Airport (AVL) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Asheville Regional Airport (AVL) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,430 miles (18,395 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- A Concorde visited AVL during a 1987 promotional tour and was snowed-in overnight.
Facts about Jacmel Airport (JAK):
- The closest airport to Jacmel Airport (JAK) is Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport (PAP), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) NNE of JAK.
- The furthest airport from Jacmel Airport (JAK) is RAAF Learmonth (LEA), which is located 11,927 miles (19,195 kilometers) away in Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia.
- Most passengers arrive or depart from Jacmel by car via Route 208 located at the south end of the runway.
- Jacmel Airport (JAK) currently has only 1 runway.
- After tree and terrain clearings to allow greater runway overshoot areas, Jacmel Airport started accepting heavy-lift C-17 Globemasters from 20 February to facilitate disaster recovery efforts.
- In addition to being known as "Jacmel Airport", another name for JAK is "Aérodrome de Jacmel".
- This airport is normally served by scheduled and charter airlines operating in the capital Port-au-Prince, and was opened in 2006 for travel to and from the capital and other destinations across the continent.
- 8 Air Communications and Control Squadron installed runway lighting on 19 January, enabling aircraft to land at night, with radar control of the airspace provided by the nearby HMCS Halifax.
- Because of Jacmel Airport's relatively low elevation of 167 feet, planes can take off or land at Jacmel 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.