Nonstop flight route between Great Bend, Kansas, United States and Lugano, Agno, Switzerland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Great Bend Municipal Airport (GBD), Great Bend, Kansas, United States and Lugano Airport (LUG), Lugano, Agno, Switzerland would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,095 miles (or 8,199 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 Great Bend Municipal Airport and Lugano 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 Great Bend Municipal Airport and Lugano Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GBD / KGBD |
Airport Name: | Great Bend Municipal Airport |
Location: | Great Bend, Kansas, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 38°20'39"N by 98°51'33"W |
Area Served: | Great Bend, Kansas |
Operator/Owner: | City of Great Bend |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1887 feet (575 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from GBD |
More Information: | GBD Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LUG / LSZA |
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Location: | Lugano, Agno, Switzerland |
GPS Coordinates: | 46°0'12"N by 8°54'37"E |
Area Served: | Lugano, Switzerland |
Operator/Owner: | Lugano Airport SA |
Airport Type: | Public AOE |
Elevation: | 915 feet (279 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LUG |
More Information: | LUG Maps & Info |
Facts about Great Bend Municipal Airport (GBD):
- As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 1,407 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 927 in 2009, and 719 in 2010.
- The closest airport to Great Bend Municipal Airport (GBD) is Hays Regional Airport (HYS), which is located 41 miles (66 kilometers) NNW of GBD.
- Great Bend Municipal Airport (GBD) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Great Bend Municipal Airport (GBD) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,769 miles (17,331 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The airport is the site of the first nationwide NHRA event, held in 1955.
Facts about Lugano Airport (LUG):
- The airport has a single, bi-directional runway with an asphalt surface, identified as 01/19.
- Because of Lugano Airport's relatively low elevation of 915 feet, planes can take off or land at Lugano 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 the early 1980s, the airline Crossair decided to invest in the airport, establishing connections between Lugano and various European cities.
- In addition to being known as "Lugano Airport", another name for LUG is "Aeroporto di Lugano".
- The airport is situated on land owned by the city of Lugano, whilst management is the responsibility of Lugano Airport SA, whose shares are owned by the canton of Ticino and the city.
- The airport is some 6 kilometres from Lugano city centre by road, and a similar distance from the nearest junctions on the A2 motorway.
- The furthest airport from Lugano Airport (LUG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Lugano Airport (meaning Lugano Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,134 miles (19,527 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The current location of the airport dates back to 1938, when it opened as a grass field.
- Lugano Airport (LUG) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Lugano Airport (LUG) is Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) SSW of LUG.