Nonstop flight route between Ziguinchor, Senegal and Garden City, Kansas, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Ziguinchor Airport (ZIG), Ziguinchor, Senegal and Garden City Regional Airport (GCK), Garden City, Kansas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,388 miles (or 8,671 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 Ziguinchor Airport and Garden City Regional 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 Ziguinchor Airport and Garden City Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ZIG / GOGG |
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Location: | Ziguinchor, Senegal |
GPS Coordinates: | 12°33'20"N by 16°16'54"W |
Area Served: | Ziguinchor, Senegal |
Operator/Owner: | Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 75 feet (23 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ZIG |
More Information: | ZIG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GCK / KGCK |
Airport Name: | Garden City Regional Airport |
Location: | Garden City, Kansas, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 37°55'39"N by 100°43'27"W |
Area Served: | Garden City, Kansas |
Operator/Owner: | City of Garden City |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2891 feet (881 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from GCK |
More Information: | GCK Maps & Info |
Facts about Ziguinchor Airport (ZIG):
- Ziguinchor Airport (ZIG) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Ziguinchor Airport (ZIG) is Cap Skirring Airport (CSK), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) WSW of ZIG.
- Because of Ziguinchor Airport's relatively low elevation of 75 feet, planes can take off or land at Ziguinchor 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.
- In addition to being known as "Ziguinchor Airport", another name for ZIG is "Aéroport de Ziguinchor".
- The furthest airport from Ziguinchor Airport (ZIG) is Kirakira Airport (IRA), which is nearly antipodal to Ziguinchor Airport (meaning Ziguinchor Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kirakira Airport), and is located 12,246 miles (19,708 kilometers) away in Kirakira, Makira Island, Solomon Islands.
Facts about Garden City Regional Airport (GCK):
- The furthest airport from Garden City Regional Airport (GCK) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,860 miles (17,477 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Continental DC-3s landed at GCK from the 1940s until replaced by Central in 1961.
- During World War II the United States Army Air Forces used Garden City Airport as a training airfield by the Army Air Forces Flying Training Command, Gulf Coast Training Center.
- Garden City Regional Airport's status as former Garden City AAF helped it serve an important role during the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
- The closest airport to Garden City Regional Airport (GCK) is Dodge City Regional Airport (DDC), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) ESE of GCK.
- Garden City Regional Airport is a city owned, public use airport located eight nautical miles southeast of the central business district of Garden City, in Finney County, Kansas, United States.
- Garden City Regional Airport (GCK) has 2 runways.