Nonstop flight route between Craig, Colorado, United States and Tresco, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Craig–Moffat Airport (CIG), Craig, Colorado, United States and Tresco Heliport (TSO), Tresco, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,580 miles (or 7,371 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 Craig–Moffat Airport and Tresco Heliport, 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 Craig–Moffat Airport and Tresco Heliport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CIG / KCAG |
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Location: | Craig, Colorado, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°29'43"N by 107°31'18"W |
Operator/Owner: | Moffat County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 6193 feet (1,888 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CIG |
More Information: | CIG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TSO / EGHT |
Airport Name: | Tresco Heliport |
Location: | Tresco, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 49°56'44"N by 6°19'53"W |
Operator/Owner: | Tresco Estates |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 20 feet (6 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from TSO |
More Information: | TSO Maps & Info |
Facts about Craig–Moffat Airport (CIG):
- In addition to being known as "Craig–Moffat Airport", another name for CIG is "CAG".
- Because of Craig–Moffat Airport's high elevation of 6,193 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at CIG. Combined with a high temperature, this could make CIG a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Craig–Moffat Airport (CIG) currently has only 1 runway.
- In the year ending August 29, 2005 the airport had 2,525 aircraft operations, all general aviation.
- The closest airport to Craig–Moffat Airport (CIG) is Yampa Valley Airport (HDN), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) E of CIG.
- The furthest airport from Craig–Moffat Airport (CIG) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,906 miles (17,552 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
Facts about Tresco Heliport (TSO):
- Because of Tresco Heliport's relatively low elevation of 20 feet, planes can take off or land at Tresco Heliport 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.
- On summer weekdays the heliport received up to six flights a day from Penzance Heliport on the mainland, declining to two services a day in winter.
- Tresco Heliport was a heliport located on the island of Tresco, in the Isles of Scilly off the southwest coast of England, UK.
- The heliport was officially closed on 31 October 2012 and all flights ceased operations.
- The furthest airport from Tresco Heliport (TSO) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is nearly antipodal to Tresco Heliport (meaning Tresco Heliport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Dunedin International Airport), and is located 12,116 miles (19,499 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Tresco Heliport (TSO) is St Mary's Airport (ISC), which is located only 3 miles (5 kilometers) SE of TSO.