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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between West 30th Street Heliport (JRA), New York City, New York, United States and Lyon–Bron Airport (LYN), Lyon, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,823 miles (or 6,152 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 West 30th Street Heliport and Lyon–Bron 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 West 30th Street Heliport and Lyon–Bron Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | JRA / KJRA |
Airport Name: | West 30th Street Heliport |
Location: | New York City, New York, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°45'16"N by 74°0'24"W |
Area Served: | New York City |
Operator/Owner: | Hudson River Park Trust |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 7 feet (2 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from JRA |
More Information: | JRA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LYN / LFLY |
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Location: | Lyon, France |
GPS Coordinates: | 45°43'45"N by 4°56'20"E |
Area Served: | Lyon, France |
Operator/Owner: | Aéroports de Lyon SA |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 659 feet (201 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LYN |
More Information: | LYN Maps & Info |
Facts about West 30th Street Heliport (JRA):
- Because of West 30th Street Heliport's relatively low elevation of 7 feet, planes can take off or land at West 30th Street Heliport 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 closest airport to West 30th Street Heliport (JRA) is East 34th Street Heliport (TSS), which is located only 2 miles (3 kilometers) ESE of JRA.
- The furthest airport from West 30th Street Heliport (JRA) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,750 miles (18,910 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- 73% of the flights are air taxi, 16% general aviation, 10% commercial, and less than 1% military.
- Tourist flights out of the 30th Street Heliport are scheduled to move to Downtown Manhattan Heliport on March 31, 2010 and the heliport itself is scheduled to relocate by on December 31, 2012 as a result of a court agreement between helicopter operators and Friends of Hudson River Park who took action to enforce the Hudson River Park Act which banned tourism flights from that location.
Facts about Lyon–Bron Airport (LYN):
- In addition to being known as "Lyon–Bron Airport", another name for LYN is "Aéroport de Lyon-BronAdvanced Landing Ground (ALG) Y-6".
- In 1975 commercial airline traffic was moved to the new Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, and Bron Airport is now used for general aviation.
- The closest airport to Lyon–Bron Airport (LYN) is Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) E of LYN.
- After the war, it was the main commercial airport for Lyon.
- The furthest airport from Lyon–Bron Airport (LYN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Lyon–Bron Airport (meaning Lyon–Bron Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,288 miles (19,775 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Lyon–Bron Airport (LYN) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Lyon–Bron Airport's relatively low elevation of 659 feet, planes can take off or land at Lyon–Bron 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.
- After the 1940 Battle of France during World War II initially the Lyon area was part of the southern unoccupied zone of France, and limited air service remained at the airport.