Nonstop flight route between Salvador, Bahia, Brazil and Galway, Ireland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho) (SSA), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil and Galway Airport (GWY), Galway, Ireland would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,893 miles (or 7,875 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 Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho) and Galway 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 Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho) and Galway Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SSA / SBSV |
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Location: | Salvador, Bahia, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 12°54'30"S by 38°19'20"W |
Area Served: | Salvador da Bahia |
Operator/Owner: | Infraero |
Airport Type: | Public/Military |
Elevation: | 64 feet (20 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from SSA |
More Information: | SSA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GWY / EICM |
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Location: | Galway, Ireland |
GPS Coordinates: | 53°18'1"N by 8°56'27"W |
Area Served: | Galway |
Operator/Owner: | Corrib Airport Limited |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 81 feet (25 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GWY |
More Information: | GWY Maps & Info |
Facts about Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho) (SSA):
- Because of Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho)'s relatively low elevation of 64 feet, planes can take off or land at Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho) 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 Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho) (SSA) is Guam International Airport (GUM), which is nearly antipodal to Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho) (meaning Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Guam International Airport), and is located 12,223 miles (19,671 kilometers) away in Hagåtña, Guam.
- The closest airport to Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho) (SSA) is Ilhéus/Bahia-Jorge Amado Airport (IOS), which is located 140 miles (225 kilometers) SSW of SSA.
- The airport is located 28 km north from downtown Salvador da Bahia.
- Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho) handled 8,589,663 passengers last year.
- Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho) (SSA) has 2 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho)", another name for SSA is "Aeroporto Internacional de Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães (2 de Julho)".
Facts about Galway Airport (GWY):
- Because of Galway Airport's relatively low elevation of 81 feet, planes can take off or land at Galway 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 Galway Airport (GWY) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,976 miles (19,273 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Galway Airport (GWY) is Connemara Airport (NNR), which is located 22 miles (36 kilometers) WSW of GWY.
- Galway Airport (GWY) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Galway Airport", another name for GWY is "Aerphort na Gaillimhe".
- On 12 October 2011 Aer Arann announced that it was to suspend its services from Galway for the winter season, commencing on 1 November.
- The airport is located 6 kilometres by road from Galway city centre.
- The airport caters to general aviation with Galway Flying Club which provides fixed-wing training and leisure flying.
- By 2007 Galway was officially the fastest growing airport in Ireland, fast exceeding international airports with passenger growth at 63% per annum at that time.