Nonstop flight route between Providence, Rhode Island, United States and Shannon (County Clare), Ireland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between T. F. Green Airport (PVD), Providence, Rhode Island, United States and Shannon Airport (SNN), Shannon (County Clare), Ireland would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,931 miles (or 4,717 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 T. F. Green Airport and Shannon 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 T. F. Green Airport and Shannon Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PVD / KPVD |
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Location: | Providence, Rhode Island, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 41°43'26"N by 71°25'41"W |
Area Served: | Providence |
Operator/Owner: | State of Rhode Island |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 55 feet (17 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from PVD |
More Information: | PVD 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 T. F. Green Airport (PVD):
- An intermodal station, completed in October 2010, includes an elevated walkway to the terminal, a rental car garage, and commuter rail parking.
- Because of T. F. Green Airport's relatively low elevation of 55 feet, planes can take off or land at T. F. Green 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 T. F. Green Airport (PVD) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,792 miles (18,977 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- T. F. Green Airport (PVD) has 2 runways.
- Since the HNTB-designed Bruce Sundlun Terminal opened in 1996, T.F.
- In addition to being known as "T. F. Green Airport", another name for PVD is "Theodore Francis Green Memorial State Airport".
- The Rhode Island Airport Corporation writes that the master plan completed in 1997 failed to envision the "tremendous growth" that had been experienced.
- The closest airport to T. F. Green Airport (PVD) is North Central State Airport (SFZ), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) NNW of PVD.
Facts about Shannon Airport (SNN):
- The closest airport to Shannon Airport (SNN) is Inisheer Aerodrome (INQ), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) NW of SNN.
- In addition to being known as "Shannon Airport", another name for SNN is "Aerfort na Sionainne".
- 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.
- In 1990, the US-Irish bilateral agreement was changed to allow Irish airlines to serve Los Angeles and additional US airlines to serve Dublin via Shannon.
- Shannon Airport (SNN) currently has only 1 runway.
- In the late 1930s, transatlantic air traffic was dominated by flying boats, and a flying boat terminal was located at Foynes on the south side of the Shannon Estuary.
- The longest runway in Ireland, at 3,199 metres, is located at Shannon.
- 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.
- During the 1990s, the airport began to struggle.
- 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.