Nonstop flight route between St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom and Concord, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between St Mary's Airport (ISC), St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom and Buchanan FieldConcord Army Air Base (CCR), Concord, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,217 miles (or 8,396 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 St Mary's Airport and Buchanan FieldConcord Army Air Base, 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 St Mary's Airport and Buchanan FieldConcord Army Air Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ISC / EGHE |
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Location: | St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 49°54'47"N by 6°17'30"W |
Area Served: | Isles of Scilly |
Operator/Owner: | Council of the Isles of Scilly |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 116 feet (35 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from ISC |
More Information: | ISC Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CCR / KCCR |
Airport Name: | Buchanan FieldConcord Army Air Base |
Location: | Concord, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 37°59'22"N by 122°3'24"W |
Area Served: | Contra Costa County, California |
Operator/Owner: | Contra Costa County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 26 feet (8 meters) |
# of Runways: | 4 |
View all routes: | Routes from CCR |
More Information: | CCR Maps & Info |
Facts about St Mary's Airport (ISC):
- In addition to being known as "St Mary's Airport", other names for ISC include "Isles of Scilly Airport" and "Scilly Isles/St Mary's Airport".
- St Mary's Airport (ISC) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from St Mary's Airport (ISC) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is nearly antipodal to St Mary's Airport (meaning St Mary's Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Dunedin International Airport), and is located 12,117 miles (19,501 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- Because of St Mary's Airport's relatively low elevation of 116 feet, planes can take off or land at St Mary's 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.
- St Mary's Airport or Isles of Scilly Airport is an airport located 1 nautical mile east of Hugh Town on St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly, to the south west of Cornwall, UK.
- Mayflower Air Services started services to the airport in 1961.
- The closest airport to St Mary's Airport (ISC) is Tresco Heliport (TSO), which is located only 3 miles (5 kilometers) NW of ISC.
- In February 2014, the Council of the Isles of Scilly approved a plan to share the management of St Mary's Airport with Westward Airways, who operate Land's End Airport.
- St Mary's Airport handled 89,170 passengers last year.
Facts about Buchanan FieldConcord Army Air Base (CCR):
- The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a reliever airport.
- Because of Buchanan FieldConcord Army Air Base's relatively low elevation of 26 feet, planes can take off or land at Buchanan FieldConcord Army Air Base 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.
- Beginning in the 1990s the Board of Supervisors updated the Buchanan Field Airport Master Plan.
- On December 21, 2006, at about 1900 Zulu, a Piper Malibu crashed while flying the LDA approach into CCR.
- Commuter airline flights to San Francisco International Airport with small prop aircraft started in 1969, but were gone by 1980.
- The closest airport to Buchanan FieldConcord Army Air Base (CCR) is Napa County Airport (APC), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) NW of CCR.
- Buchanan FieldConcord Army Air Base (CCR) has 4 runways.
- The furthest airport from Buchanan FieldConcord Army Air Base (CCR) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,334 miles (18,241 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- In 1946 the War Assets Administration returned the airport to the County.