Nonstop flight route between Altenrhein, Switzerland and Ironwood, Michigan, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between St. Gallen–Altenrhein Airport (ACH), Altenrhein, Switzerland and Gogebic-Iron County Airport (IWD), Ironwood, Michigan, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,341 miles (or 6,986 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 St. Gallen–Altenrhein Airport and Gogebic-Iron County 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 St. Gallen–Altenrhein Airport and Gogebic-Iron County Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ACH / LSZR |
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Location: | Altenrhein, Switzerland |
GPS Coordinates: | 47°29'7"N by 9°33'39"E |
Area Served: | St. Gallen, Switzerland and Lake Constance |
Elevation: | 1306 feet (398 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from ACH |
More Information: | ACH Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | IWD / KIWD |
Airport Name: | Gogebic-Iron County Airport |
Location: | Ironwood, Michigan, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 46°31'39"N by 90°7'53"W |
Area Served: | Ironwood, Michigan / Ashland, Wisconsin |
Operator/Owner: | Gogebic County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1230 feet (375 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from IWD |
More Information: | IWD Maps & Info |
Facts about St. Gallen–Altenrhein Airport (ACH):
- The nearest bigger airport is Friedrichshafen Airport in Germany, on the opposite side of Lake Constance to the northwest by ferry).
- The paved, eastbound runway 10 is equipped with an Instrument landing system.
- The closest airport to St. Gallen–Altenrhein Airport (ACH) is Hohenems-Dornbirn Airport (HOH), which is located only 10 miles (15 kilometers) SE of ACH.
- The furthest airport from St. Gallen–Altenrhein Airport (ACH) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to St. Gallen–Altenrhein Airport (meaning St. Gallen–Altenrhein Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,051 miles (19,394 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- In addition to being known as "St. Gallen–Altenrhein Airport", another name for ACH is "People's Business Airport".
- St. Gallen–Altenrhein Airport (ACH) has 2 runways.
- The airport features a small passenger terminal building and some apron and hangar stands for aircraft such as the Embraer 170, business jets or general aviation planes such as the Cessna 172.
Facts about Gogebic-Iron County Airport (IWD):
- Gogebic-Iron County Airport is a county owned, public use airport located seven nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Ironwood, a city in Gogebic County, Michigan, United States.
- The furthest airport from Gogebic-Iron County Airport (IWD) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,857 miles (17,473 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to Gogebic-Iron County Airport (IWD) is John F. Kennedy Memorial Airport (ASX), which is located 37 miles (60 kilometers) W of IWD.
- The airport has not had scheduled commercial airline service since January 31, 2014, when Great Lakes Airlines discontinued its service to Minneapolis/St.
- Frontier Express provided service to Rhinelander, continuing on to Milwaukee until March 8, 2012.
- Gogebic-Iron County Airport (IWD) currently has only 1 runway.