Nonstop flight route between Wick, Scotland, United Kingdom and Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Wick Airport (WIC), Wick, Scotland, United Kingdom and Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet Airport (PTP), Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,138 miles (or 6,660 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 Wick Airport and Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet 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 Wick Airport and Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | WIC / EGPC |
Airport Name: | Wick Airport |
Location: | Wick, Scotland, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 58°27'32"N by 3°5'35"W |
Area Served: | Wick, Highland |
Airport Type: | Private |
Elevation: | 126 feet (38 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from WIC |
More Information: | WIC Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PTP / TFFR |
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Location: | Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe |
GPS Coordinates: | 16°15'51"N by 61°31'32"W |
Area Served: | Pointe-à-Pitre, Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe |
Operator/Owner: | CCI de Pointe à Pitre |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 35 feet (11 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from PTP |
More Information: | PTP Maps & Info |
Facts about Wick Airport (WIC):
- Wick was originally a grass airfield, used by Captain E.
- The furthest airport from Wick Airport (WIC) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,559 miles (18,602 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
- The airport is marketed as Wick John O' Groats by FlyBe, which operates a daily service to Edinburgh, using its franchise partner Loganair.
- The closest airport to Wick Airport (WIC) is Kirkwall Airport (KOI), which is located 35 miles (57 kilometers) N of WIC.
- Wick Airport (WIC) has 2 runways.
- Because of Wick Airport's relatively low elevation of 126 feet, planes can take off or land at Wick 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 Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet Airport (PTP):
- In addition to being known as "Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet Airport", other names for PTP include "Aérodrome de Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet" and "Aéroport Guadeloupe Pôle Caraïbes".
- Because of Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet Airport's relatively low elevation of 35 feet, planes can take off or land at Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet 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 former Air Guadeloupe had its head office on the airport property.
- Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet Airport (PTP) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet Airport (PTP) is Broome International Airport (BME), which is nearly antipodal to Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet Airport (meaning Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Broome International Airport), and is located 12,163 miles (19,574 kilometers) away in Broome, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet Airport (PTP) is Les Saintes Airport (LSS), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) S of PTP.