Nonstop flight route between Qeqertaq, Greenland and Shannon (County Clare), Ireland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Qeqertaq Heliport (PQT), Qeqertaq, Greenland and Shannon Airport (SNN), Shannon (County Clare), Ireland would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,779 miles (or 2,864 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 Qeqertaq Heliport and Shannon Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PQT / BGQE |
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Location: | Qeqertaq, Greenland |
GPS Coordinates: | 70°0'0"N by 51°16'59"W |
Area Served: | Qeqertaq, Greenland |
Operator/Owner: | Mittarfeqarfiit |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 69 feet (21 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from PQT |
More Information: | PQT Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SNN / EINN |
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Location: | Shannon (County Clare), Ireland |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°42'6"N by 8°55'28"W |
Area Served: | Limerick City, Ireland |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Ireland |
Airport Type: | Commercial |
Elevation: | 46 feet (14 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SNN |
More Information: | SNN Maps & Info |
Facts about Qeqertaq Heliport (PQT):
- The furthest airport from Qeqertaq Heliport (PQT) is Hobart International Airport (HBA), which is located 10,447 miles (16,813 kilometers) away in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
- Because of Qeqertaq Heliport's relatively low elevation of 69 feet, planes can take off or land at Qeqertaq 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 Qeqertaq Heliport (PQT) is Ikerasak Heliport (IKE), which is located 34 miles (55 kilometers) N of PQT.
- In addition to being known as "Qeqertaq Heliport", another name for PQT is "QQT".
Facts about Shannon Airport (SNN):
- Shannon Airport handled 1,400,032 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Shannon Airport (SNN) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is nearly antipodal to Shannon Airport (meaning Shannon Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ryan's Creek Aerodrome), and is located 12,015 miles (19,336 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
- Aer Lingus announced on 15 June 2010 that it would be suspending services from Shannon to Boston and New York for 11 weeks from January 2011.
- Shannon Airport (SNN) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Shannon Airport's relatively low elevation of 46 feet, planes can take off or land at Shannon 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.
- In 1936, the Government of Ireland confirmed that it would develop a 3.1 km2 site at Rineanna for the country's first transatlantic airport.
- In 1966, Aer Lingus began service between Shannon and Chicago, with a stop in Montréal, Canada.
- The closest airport to Shannon Airport (SNN) is Inisheer Aerodrome (INQ), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) NW of SNN.
- The number of international carriers rose sharply in succeeding years as Shannon became well known as the gateway between Europe and the Americas.
- The first passengers through the newly autonomous airport arrived on the Aer Lingus EI-110 flight from JFK at 5:08 am on 1 January 2013.
- During the 1990s, the airport began to struggle.
- In addition to being known as "Shannon Airport", another name for SNN is "Aerfort na Sionainne".