Nonstop flight route between Derry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom and Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between City of Derry Airport (LDY), Derry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom and Kerry Airport (KIR), Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland would travel a Great Circle distance of 220 miles (or 354 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 City of Derry Airport and Kerry Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LDY / EGAE |
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Location: | Derry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 55°2'34"N by 7°9'42"W |
Area Served: | Derry, United Kingdom |
Operator/Owner: | Derry City Council |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 23 feet (7 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LDY |
More Information: | LDY Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KIR / EIKY |
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Location: | Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°10'50"N by 9°31'26"W |
Area Served: | Tralee / Killarney, Ireland |
Operator/Owner: | Kerry Airport Plc |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 112 feet (34 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KIR |
More Information: | KIR Maps & Info |
Facts about City of Derry Airport (LDY):
- The recently completed runway safety zone extension and apron works has allowed the CAA to lift the capacity restriction on aircraft operating out of the airport.
- City of Derry Airport (LDY) currently has only 1 runway.
- Aer Arann operated services to Manchester and Birmingham for a short time.
- Because of City of Derry Airport's relatively low elevation of 23 feet, planes can take off or land at City of Derry 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.
- The furthest airport from City of Derry Airport (LDY) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,838 miles (19,051 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
- City of Derry Airport handled 384,973 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to City of Derry Airport (LDY) is Belfast International Airport (BFS), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) SE of LDY.
- A report by Ilex-URC in September 2010, pointed out that there is intentions to grow and increase the number of scheduled routes out of the airport from 7 as of 2010, to 10 by 2015, and 15 by 2020.
- In addition to being known as "City of Derry Airport", another name for LDY is "Londonderry/Eglinton Airport[1]".
Facts about Kerry Airport (KIR):
- It was announced in February 2012, due to the codeshare agreement with Aer Lingus that the currently operated Dublin service with Aer Arann will be operated from 30 October 2012 under the brand Aer Lingus Regional.
- The Runway 08/26 was licensed by the Irish Aviation Authority on 20 May 1994 and the first flight landed at 13:23 local time on the 20th May.
- In January 2011, it was announced that 20 of the airport's 65 staff would be made redundant due to a fall in passenger numbers following Ryanair's withdrawal from its PSO contract.
- In addition to being known as "Kerry Airport", another name for KIR is "Aerfort Chiarraí".
- An airport bus terminal opened in January 2006 which has hourly bus service to Cork, Limerick, Tralee and Killarney.
- Because of Kerry Airport's relatively low elevation of 112 feet, planes can take off or land at Kerry 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.
- The Government of Ireland subvents regional services under a public service obligation programme.
- Kerry Airport handled 272,799 passengers last year.
- Kerry Airport (KIR) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Kerry Airport (KIR) is Bantry Aerodrome (BYT), which is located 35 miles (57 kilometers) S of KIR.
- The furthest airport from Kerry Airport (KIR) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is nearly antipodal to Kerry Airport (meaning Kerry Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ryan's Creek Aerodrome), and is located 12,057 miles (19,403 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.