Nonstop flight route between Five Mile, Alaska, United States and Geneva, Switzerland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Five Mile Airport (FMC), Five Mile, Alaska, United States and Geneva International Airport (GVA), Geneva, Switzerland would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,582 miles (or 7,373 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 Five Mile Airport and Geneva International Airport, 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 Five Mile Airport and Geneva International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FMC / PAFV |
Airport Names: |
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Location: | Five Mile, Alaska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 65°55'36"N by 149°50'24"W |
Operator/Owner: | BLM - Pipeline Office |
Airport Type: | Private |
Elevation: | 510 feet (155 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from FMC |
More Information: | FMC Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GVA / LSGG |
Airport Names: |
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Location: | Geneva, Switzerland |
GPS Coordinates: | 46°14'17"N by 6°6'33"E |
Area Served: | Geneva, Switzerland |
Operator/Owner: | City of Geneva |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1411 feet (430 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from GVA |
More Information: | GVA Maps & Info |
Facts about Five Mile Airport (FMC):
- The closest airport to Five Mile Airport (FMC) is Stevens Village Airport (SVS), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) ENE of FMC.
- Five Mile Airport (FMC) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Five Mile Airport (FMC) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,222 miles (16,450 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
- Because of Five Mile Airport's relatively low elevation of 510 feet, planes can take off or land at Five Mile 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 addition to being known as "Five Mile Airport", other names for FMC include "Five Mile Camp Airport" and "FVM".
Facts about Geneva International Airport (GVA):
- In addition to being known as "Geneva International Airport", another name for GVA is "Aéroport international de GenèveGenève aéroport".
- Before passing through customs, machines dispense free 80 minute tickets for Transports Publics Genevois, which are valid for both the city buses and trains to Geneva.
- Geneva International Airport handled 14,436,000 passengers last year.
- Despite there never being a regular Concorde service in Switzerland, the supersonic aircraft twice landed in Geneva.
- A new terminal project named 'Aile Est' starting in 2012, will modernize and extend Pier C following a complete reconstruction.
- Geneva International Airport (GVA) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Geneva International Airport (GVA) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Geneva International Airport (meaning Geneva International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,227 miles (19,678 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Geneva International Airport (GVA) is Annemasse Aerodrome (QNJ), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) ESE of GVA.
- Geneva International Airport, formerly known as Cointrin Airport and officially as Genève Aéroport, is the international airport of Geneva, Switzerland.