Nonstop flight route between Waterford, Ireland and Savu Island, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Waterford Airport (WAT), Waterford, Ireland and Tardamu Airport (SAU), Savu Island, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,394 miles (or 13,509 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 Tardamu 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 Tardamu Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Waterford Airport (WAT):

• On 13 March 2007 a €27.5 million upgrade of Waterford Airport was announced.
• On 14 March 2012, Aer Arann transferred all of its Waterford routes into the Aer Lingus Regional brand effective from 25 March 2012.
• 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.
• 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.
• Waterford Airport handled 8,000 passengers last year.
• Flybe announced a route to Manchester starting 22 May 2013, which was dropped by Aer Lingus Regional on 6 January.
• The closest airport to Waterford Airport (WAT) is Kilkenny Airport (KKY), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) NNW of WAT.
• In addition to being known as "Waterford Airport", another name for WAT is "Aerfort Phort Láirge".
• Avair provided the first domestic passenger service in 1982 to Dublin, which originated in Cork.
• Airport development was initiated by Waterford Corporation with support from the Government of Ireland and the private sector in 1979–1980.

Facts about Tardamu Airport (SAU):

• The closest airport to Tardamu Airport (SAU) is H. Hasan Aroeboesman Airport (ENE), which is located 110 miles (177 kilometers) N of SAU.
• Because of Tardamu Airport's relatively low elevation of 46 feet, planes can take off or land at Tardamu 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 Tardamu Airport (SAU) is A.N.R. Robinson International Airport (TAB), which is nearly antipodal to Tardamu Airport (meaning Tardamu Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from A.N.R. Robinson International Airport), and is located 12,245 miles (19,706 kilometers) away in Scarborough, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago.
• In addition to being known as "Tardamu Airport", another name for SAU is "Bandar Udara Tardamu".
• Tardamu Airport (SAU) currently has only 1 runway.