Nonstop flight route between Prestwick (near Glasgow), Scotland, United Kingdom and Debrecen, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK), Prestwick (near Glasgow), Scotland, United Kingdom and Debrecen International Airport (DEB), Debrecen, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,246 miles (or 2,005 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 Glasgow-Prestwick Airport and Debrecen International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PIK / EGPK |
Airport Name: | Glasgow-Prestwick Airport |
Location: | Prestwick (near Glasgow), Scotland, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 55°30'33"N by 4°35'39"W |
Area Served: | Glasgow, Prestwick, Strathclyde, Scotland |
Operator/Owner: | Scottish Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 65 feet (20 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from PIK |
More Information: | PIK Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DEB / LHDC |
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Location: | Debrecen, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary |
GPS Coordinates: | 47°29'20"N by 21°36'55"E |
Area Served: | Debrecen, Hungary |
Operator/Owner: | Airport Debrecen Kft. |
Elevation: | 361 feet (110 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from DEB |
More Information: | DEB Maps & Info |
Facts about Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK):
- After British Airways had ceased regular passenger operations in 1983, BA continued to intermittently use Prestwick as a site for pilot training, especially for training Concorde pilots.
- Glasgow-Prestwick Airport handled 1,145,836 passengers last year.
- Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK) has 2 runways.
- On 8 March 2012 the airport owner Infratil announced that they had placed the airfield up for sale.
- The airport began life around 1934 — primarily as a training airfield — with a hangar, offices and control tower were constructed by the end of 1935.
- In 1938 passenger facilities were added.
- Because of Glasgow-Prestwick Airport's relatively low elevation of 65 feet, planes can take off or land at Glasgow-Prestwick 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 closest airport to Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK) is Glasgow International Airport (GLA), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) NNE of PIK.
- The furthest airport from Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,764 miles (18,932 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
- In response, Mark Rodwell, chief executive of Prestwick Airport, told BBC Radio Scotland, that until it was proved otherwise Prestwick Airport remains the only place in the United Kingdom that Elvis Presley ever set foot.
- In 1991 the newly privatised British Airports Authority, BAA Limited, consolidated their portfolio of UK airports.
Facts about Debrecen International Airport (DEB):
- Between 1946 and 1968 Debrecen Airport functioned also as an emergency airfield for Budapest Airport.
- Because of Debrecen International Airport's relatively low elevation of 361 feet, planes can take off or land at Debrecen 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 airport shuttle of DKV, the local transport company, is operated between the airport and Debrecen.
- Debrecen International Airport (DEB) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Debrecen International Airport (DEB) is Oradea Airport (OMR), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) SSE of DEB.
- In addition to being known as "Debrecen International Airport", another name for DEB is "Debreceni nemzetközi repülőtér".
- The furthest airport from Debrecen International Airport (DEB) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,530 miles (18,556 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- In May 1991, Soviet troops vacated the airport and handed in over to the Hungarian State.