Nonstop flight route between Zürich, Switzerland and Goodyear, Arizona, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Zurich Airport (ZRH), Zürich, Switzerland and Phoenix Goodyear Airport (GYR), Goodyear, Arizona, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,758 miles (or 9,267 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 Zurich Airport and Phoenix Goodyear 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 Zurich Airport and Phoenix Goodyear Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ZRH / LSZH |
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Location: | Zürich, Switzerland |
GPS Coordinates: | 47°27'52"N by 8°32'57"E |
Area Served: | Zürich, Switzerland |
Operator/Owner: | Flughafen Zürich AG |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1416 feet (432 meters) |
# of Runways: | 4 |
View all routes: | Routes from ZRH |
More Information: | ZRH Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GYR / KGYR |
Airport Name: | Phoenix Goodyear Airport |
Location: | Goodyear, Arizona, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°25'41"N by 112°22'27"W |
Area Served: | Phoenix, Arizona |
Operator/Owner: | City of Phoenix |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 968 feet (295 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GYR |
More Information: | GYR Maps & Info |
Facts about Zurich Airport (ZRH):
- The airport lost a lot of traffic when Swissair shut down its operations.
- Zurich Airport (ZRH) has 4 runways.
- Zurich Airport handled 24,865,138 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Zurich Airport (ZRH) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Zurich Airport (meaning Zurich Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,087 miles (19,453 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Zurich Airport railway station is located underneath the terminal.
- In addition to being known as "Zurich Airport", another name for ZRH is "Flughafen Zürich".
- The closest airport to Zurich Airport (ZRH) is Emmen Swiss Air Base (EML), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) SSW of ZRH.
- Swiss International Air Lines has an office on the property of Zurich Airport and in Kloten, consisting of the Alpha, Bravo, and Charlie buildings.Swiss World Cargo has its head office in the Alpha and Bravo buildings.Swiss Private Aviation has its head office in the Swiss complex.Swiss European Air Lines and Swiss AviationTraining, subsidiaries of Swiss, are also headquartered on the airport property.
- The airport is served by the A51 motorway and other main roads, which provide access to the airport especially for the central and eastern Switzerland.
Facts about Phoenix Goodyear Airport (GYR):
- The furthest airport from Phoenix Goodyear Airport (GYR) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,456 miles (18,437 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- It was built during World War II as a naval air facility, NAF Litchfield Park, then upgraded to naval air station status and renamed NAS Litchfield Park.
- The closest airport to Phoenix Goodyear Airport (GYR) is Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field (LUF), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) N of GYR.
- Phoenix Goodyear Airport (GYR) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Phoenix Goodyear Airport's relatively low elevation of 968 feet, planes can take off or land at Phoenix Goodyear 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.