Nonstop flight route between Al Ain, United Arab Emirates and Charleroi, Wallonia, Belgium:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Al-Ain International Airport (AAN), Al Ain, United Arab Emirates and Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL), Charleroi, Wallonia, Belgium would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,253 miles (or 5,236 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 Al-Ain International Airport and Brussels South Charleroi 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 Al-Ain International Airport and Brussels South Charleroi Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | AAN / OMAL |
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Location: | Al Ain, United Arab Emirates |
GPS Coordinates: | 24°15'42"N by 55°36'33"E |
Area Served: | Al Ain |
Operator/Owner: | Abu Dhabi Airports Company |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 866 feet (264 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from AAN |
More Information: | AAN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CRL / EBCI |
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Location: | Charleroi, Wallonia, Belgium |
GPS Coordinates: | 50°27'36"N by 4°27'10"E |
Area Served: | Charleroi, Belgium |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Walloon Region |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 614 feet (187 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CRL |
More Information: | CRL Maps & Info |
Facts about Al-Ain International Airport (AAN):
- Al-Ain International Airport (AAN) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Al-Ain International Airport (AAN) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 11,768 miles (18,939 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
- The closest airport to Al-Ain International Airport (AAN) is Dubai World Central - Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC), which is located 53 miles (85 kilometers) NNW of AAN.
- In addition to being known as "Al-Ain International Airport", another name for AAN is "مطار العين الدولي".
- Because of Al-Ain International Airport's relatively low elevation of 866 feet, planes can take off or land at Al-Ain International 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 Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL):
- Because of Brussels South Charleroi Airport's relatively low elevation of 614 feet, planes can take off or land at Brussels South Charleroi 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 Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,975 miles (19,272 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- In addition to being known as "Brussels South Charleroi Airport", another name for CRL is "Aéroport de Charleroi Bruxelles Sud".
- Brussels South Charleroi Airport handled 6,516,427 passengers last year.
- In the 1970s, the Belgian national airline Sabena launched a Liège-Charleroi-London service, but this was soon dropped because of poor results.
- Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) currently has only 1 runway.
- A special bus operates to Charleroi-South railway station.
- The closest airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) is Brussels Airport (BRU), which is located 31 miles (49 kilometers) N of CRL.
- Although criticised for the subsidies paid by the Walloon government to help its installation, Ryanair opened new routes from Brussels-South Charleroi.
- Operations at Brussels-South Charleroi grew in the 1990s, with a new commercial management structure and the arrival of Irish low cost airline Ryanair in 1997, which opened its first continental base at Charleroi a few years later.