Nonstop flight route between Galveston, Texas, United States and Islip, New York, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Scholes International Airport at Galveston (GLS), Galveston, Texas, United States and Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP), Islip, New York, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,460 miles (or 2,350 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 Scholes International Airport at Galveston and Long Island MacArthur Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GLS / KGLS |
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Location: | Galveston, Texas, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 29°15'55"N by 94°51'38"W |
Area Served: | Galveston, Texas |
Operator/Owner: | City of Galveston |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 6 feet (2 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from GLS |
More Information: | GLS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ISP / KISP |
Airport Name: | Long Island MacArthur Airport |
Location: | Islip, New York, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°47'43"N by 73°6'1"W |
Area Served: | Long Island, New York metro area |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 99 feet (30 meters) |
# of Runways: | 4 |
View all routes: | Routes from ISP |
More Information: | ISP Maps & Info |
Facts about Scholes International Airport at Galveston (GLS):
- Scholes International Airport covers an area of 966 acres at an elevation of 6 feet above mean sea level.
- Scholes International Airport at Galveston (GLS) has 2 runways.
- GLS is an airport with air traffic control 12 hours a day, with direct clearance delivery service to Houston TRACON after the tower is closed.
- In addition to being known as "Scholes International Airport at Galveston", another name for GLS is "(former Galveston Army Air Field)".
- Because of Scholes International Airport at Galveston's relatively low elevation of 6 feet, planes can take off or land at Scholes International Airport at Galveston 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.
- The furthest airport from Scholes International Airport at Galveston (GLS) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,038 miles (17,764 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- It was officially deactivated on November 15, 1945, with ownership reverting to the City of Galveston.
- The closest airport to Scholes International Airport at Galveston (GLS) is Ellington Field Joint Reserve BaseEllington Air Force BaseEllington Field (EFD), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) NW of GLS.
- In January 1943, Galveston AAFld.
Facts about Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP):
- Following the September 11, 2001 attacks MacArthur Airport saw a 25 percent drop in passenger traffic but rebounded until 2006 when numbers began to drop again.
- Because of Long Island MacArthur Airport's relatively low elevation of 99 feet, planes can take off or land at Long Island MacArthur 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.
- Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP) has 4 runways.
- The closest airport to Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP) is Long Island MacArthur Airport (HAP), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of ISP.
- During 2007 the airport served more than 2.3 million commercial passengers.
- The furthest airport from Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,783 miles (18,963 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- MacArthur Airport currently has two concourses in one main terminal.
- Continental Express and Continental Connection had non-stops to Albany and to Cleveland but ended them in 2005.
- It is also home to Civil Air Patrol's Long Island Group's Suffolk Cadet Sqdn 10.