Nonstop flight route between Pullman, Washington (near Moscow, Idaho), United States and Strandhill (near Sligo), Ireland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport (PUW), Pullman, Washington (near Moscow, Idaho), United States and Sligo Airport (SXL), Strandhill (near Sligo), Ireland would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,307 miles (or 6,931 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 Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport and Sligo 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 Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport and Sligo Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PUW / KPUW |
Airport Name: | Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport |
Location: | Pullman, Washington (near Moscow, Idaho), United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 46°44'38"N by 117°6'33"W |
Area Served: | Pullman, Washington Moscow, Idaho United States |
Operator/Owner: | Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport Board |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2556 feet (779 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from PUW |
More Information: | PUW Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SXL / EISG |
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Location: | Strandhill (near Sligo), Ireland |
GPS Coordinates: | 54°16'49"N by 8°35'57"W |
Area Served: | Sligo , Ireland |
Operator/Owner: | Sligo Northwest Airport Co Ltd |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 11 feet (3 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SXL |
More Information: | SXL Maps & Info |
Facts about Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport (PUW):
- Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport covers an area of 467 acres at an elevation of 2,556 feet above sea level.
- Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport (PUW) currently has only 1 runway.
- Routes are shared by Lewiston and Pullman-Moscow through reversing circular routes that continue to the Sea-Tac hub south of Seattle, as well as flights to Boise, with stops in Lewiston.
- The public airport shares the runway with a fixed base operator, Interstate Aviation, which conducts chartered air service.
- The furthest airport from Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport (PUW) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,699 miles (17,219 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- The closest airport to Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport (PUW) is Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport (LWS), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) S of PUW.
Facts about Sligo Airport (SXL):
- On 21 February 2007, The Irish Government announced that it would be giving €8.5 million to the airport in capital grant money to upgrade the runway and add approach lighting and safety enhancements.
- The Irish Government commissioned Value for Money Review of Exchequer Funding on the Regional Airports Programme recommended the ending of operational subvention to the airport and the ending of the PSO designation citing poor performance, growing operational costs and development of alternative transport connections to the region.
- Sligo Airport (SXL) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Sligo Airport's relatively low elevation of 11 feet, planes can take off or land at Sligo 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 addition to being known as "Sligo Airport", another name for SXL is "Aerfort Shligigh".
- Euroceltic were operating the Government of Ireland public service obligation subsidy scheme for the route to Dublin at the time.
- The furthest airport from Sligo Airport (SXL) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,907 miles (19,162 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Sligo Airport (SXL) is Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) SSW of SXL.
- In common with airports such as Gibraltar and Funchal, there is a lack of safety margin for under/overshoots as the peninsula upon which the airport is situated is less than 2 km long.
- Until the end of 2008 there was a connection with Manchester which was operated by Aer Arann.