Nonstop flight route between Midland/Bay City/Saginaw, Michigan, United States and Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between MBS International Airport (MBS), Midland/Bay City/Saginaw, Michigan, United States and Kerry Airport (KIR), Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,352 miles (or 5,394 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 MBS International Airport and Kerry 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 MBS International Airport and Kerry Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MBS / KMBS |
Airport Name: | MBS International Airport |
Location: | Midland/Bay City/Saginaw, Michigan, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 43°31'58"N by 84°4'46"W |
Area Served: | Saginaw, Michigan Midland, Michigan Bay City, Michigan |
Operator/Owner: | Bay County, Michigan, Midland, Michigan, Saginaw, Michigan |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 668 feet (204 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from MBS |
More Information: | MBS 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 MBS International Airport (MBS):
- Once the third busiest airport in Michigan, MBS has fallen in air service and passenger numbers.
- In 2006 the Airport Commission announced it had approved plans for the construction of a new state-of-the-art passenger terminal.
- Because of MBS International Airport's relatively low elevation of 668 feet, planes can take off or land at MBS International 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 commercial airport is a special municipal body owned by Bay County and the cities of Midland and Saginaw.
- Delta Air Lines merged with Northwest Airlines.
- MBS International Airport (MBS) has 2 runways.
- The 1980s and 1990s saw a lot of growth at MBS.
- The closest airport to MBS International Airport (MBS) is Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport (MOP), which is located 33 miles (54 kilometers) W of MBS.
- The furthest airport from MBS International Airport (MBS) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,213 miles (18,046 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
Facts about Kerry Airport (KIR):
- The following table shows international passenger numbers, also included are charter flights or unscheduled flights denoted by *.
- 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.
- Car hire and taxi services are available at the airport.
- Kerry Airport is located on the N23 approximately 60 miles from both Cork and Limerick.
- Kerry Airport was incorporated as a public limited company in July 1968 with its main objective of building and managing an airport at Farranfore.
- Kerry Airport (KIR) currently has only 1 runway.
- Kerry Airport handled 272,799 passengers last year.
- 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 runway was completed on schedule and the first scheduled flight into Kerry was on 22 May 1989 from Dublin by Aer Lingus followed the next day by Ryanair from London-Luton.
- The closest airport to Kerry Airport (KIR) is Bantry Aerodrome (BYT), which is located 35 miles (57 kilometers) S of KIR.
- An airport bus terminal opened in January 2006 which has hourly bus service to Cork, Limerick, Tralee and Killarney.
- In addition to being known as "Kerry Airport", another name for KIR is "Aerfort Chiarraí".