Nonstop flight route between Edinburgh, United Kingdom and Sliač, Slovakia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Edinburgh Airport (EDI), Edinburgh, United Kingdom and Sliač Airport (SLD), Sliač, Slovakia would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,070 miles (or 1,722 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 Edinburgh Airport and Sliač Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Edinburgh Airport (EDI):

• Edinburgh Airport (EDI) has 2 runways.
• Edinburgh Airport handled 9,775,443 passengers last year.
• In April 2008 work began on the resurfacing of the main runway.
• Because of Edinburgh Airport's relatively low elevation of 136 feet, planes can take off or land at Edinburgh 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 1918 the Royal Air Force was formed and the airfield was named RAF Turnhouse and ownership transferred to the Ministry of Defence.
• In 2005, a new 57 m tall air traffic control tower was completed at a cost of £10m.
• There are currently no direct rail links to Edinburgh Airport, although it lies very close to the Fife Circle and the Edinburgh-Glasgow railway lines.
• The furthest airport from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,713 miles (18,850 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• In 2013 a further extension to the passenger terminal was announced, taking the terminal building up to the Edinburgh Airport tram stop.
• In 1971 the British Airports Authority took over the airport and immediately started to expand it by constructing a new runway and terminal building.
• The closest airport to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) is Perth Airport (PSL), which is located 34 miles (55 kilometers) N of EDI.
• In 1952 the runway was extended to 6000 ft to handle the Vampire FB5s operated by the based 603 Squadron.

Facts about Sliač Airport (SLD):

• The furthest airport from Sliač Airport (SLD) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,622 miles (18,704 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Sliač Airport", another name for SLD is "Letisko Sliač".
• Sliač Airport (SLD) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Sliač Airport (SLD) is Žilina Airport (ILZ), which is located 47 miles (76 kilometers) NNW of SLD.