Nonstop flight route between Waterford, Ireland and Croker Island, Northern Territory, Australia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Waterford Airport (WAT), Waterford, Ireland and Croker Island Airport (CKI), Croker Island, Northern Territory, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,820 miles (or 14,194 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 Waterford Airport and Croker Island 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 Waterford Airport and Croker Island Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | WAT / EIWF |
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Location: | Waterford, Ireland |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°11'13"N by 7°5'12"W |
Area Served: | Waterford, Ireland |
Operator/Owner: | Waterford Regional Airport |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 119 feet (36 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from WAT |
More Information: | WAT Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CKI / YCKI |
Airport Name: | Croker Island Airport |
Location: | Croker Island, Northern Territory, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 11°9'53"S by 132°28'59"E |
Area Served: | Minjilang, Northern Territory, Australia |
Operator/Owner: | Minjilang Community Inc. |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 51 feet (16 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CKI |
More Information: | CKI Maps & Info |
Facts about Waterford Airport (WAT):
- Between 1987 and 1988 Aer Lingus operated services to Dublin.
- Waterford Airport has four check-in desks, an information desk, two boarding gates and two baggage carousels.
- Avair provided the first domestic passenger service in 1982 to Dublin, which originated in Cork.
- On 12 May 2010 Aer Arann announced an expansion of services from Waterford to London and Galway.
- In addition to being known as "Waterford Airport", another name for WAT is "Aerfort Phort Láirge".
- The closest airport to Waterford Airport (WAT) is Kilkenny Airport (KKY), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) NNW of WAT.
- The furthest airport from Waterford Airport (WAT) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is nearly antipodal to Waterford Airport (meaning Waterford Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ryan's Creek Aerodrome), and is located 12,013 miles (19,333 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
- Waterford Airport handled 8,000 passengers last year.
- The nearest bus and coach station is 10km away in Waterford from where Bus Éireann provides services to Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Rosslare Europort, Wexford, Clonmel and Tramore.
- On 14 May 2007 Aer Arann announced that they would open up a base in Waterford Airport and they also announced services to Birmingham.
- Because of Waterford Airport's relatively low elevation of 119 feet, planes can take off or land at Waterford 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.
Facts about Croker Island Airport (CKI):
- The furthest airport from Croker Island Airport (CKI) is Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport (CAY), which is located 11,887 miles (19,131 kilometers) away in Cayenne, French Guiana.
- Because of Croker Island Airport's relatively low elevation of 51 feet, planes can take off or land at Croker Island 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.
- Croker Island Airport (CKI) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Croker Island Airport (CKI) is Jabiru Airport (JAB), which is located 107 miles (172 kilometers) SSE of CKI.