Nonstop flight route between Amman, Jordan and Gibraltar:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Amman Civil Airport (ADJ), Amman, Jordan and Gibraltar International Airport (GIB), Gibraltar would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,366 miles (or 3,808 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 relatively short distance between Amman Civil Airport and Gibraltar International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | ADJ / OJAM |
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| Location: | Amman, Jordan |
| GPS Coordinates: | 31°58'21"N by 35°59'29"E |
| Area Served: | Amman and Palestine |
| Operator/Owner: | Government |
| Airport Type: | Public / Military |
| Elevation: | 2555 feet (779 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from ADJ |
| More Information: | ADJ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | GIB / LXGB |
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| Location: | Gibraltar |
| GPS Coordinates: | 36°9'3"N by 5°20'58"W |
| Area Served: | Gibraltar |
| Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
| Airport Type: | Military/Public |
| Elevation: | 15 feet (5 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from GIB |
| More Information: | GIB Maps & Info |
Facts about Amman Civil Airport (ADJ):
- Amman Civil Airport handled 279,219 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Amman Civil Airport (ADJ) is Queen Alia International Airport (AMM), which is located only 17 miles (28 kilometers) S of ADJ.
- In addition to being known as "Amman Civil Airport", other names for ADJ include "مطار عمان المدني" and "Matar Amman Al Madani".
- Amman Civil Airport (ADJ) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Amman Civil Airport (ADJ) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,638 miles (18,730 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
Facts about Gibraltar International Airport (GIB):
- Gibraltar International Airport or North Front Airport is the civilian airport that serves the British overseas territory of Gibraltar.
- On 10 January 2012, Gibraltar was selected as one of the 'World's Scariest Airport Landings and Take-offs' in the travel section of the Daily Telegraph due to its runway which extends into the sea.
- Since then, Spain successfully excluded Gibraltar from European wide de-regulation initiatives, preventing direct links from Gibraltar to the rest of the European Union, on the grounds that no regulation that somehow recognises the sovereignty of the United Kingdom over the Gibraltar peninsula may be implemented without a previous agreement on the airport.
- The furthest airport from Gibraltar International Airport (GIB) is Whangarei Airport (WRE), which is nearly antipodal to Gibraltar International Airport (meaning Gibraltar International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Whangarei Airport), and is located 12,406 miles (19,965 kilometers) away in Whangarei, New Zealand.
- Gibraltar International Airport handled 383,013 passengers last year.
- The road across the runway is constraining operations at the airport, especially with the increase in operations since the Córdoba Agreement.
- There is one terminal at Gibraltar International.
- The airport was constructed during World War II upon the territory's race course, when Gibraltar was an important naval base for the British.
- Gibraltar International Airport (GIB) currently has only 1 runway.
- A new terminal has been constructed at Gibraltar International due to the high number of passengers using it.
- The closest airport to Gibraltar International Airport (GIB) is Ceuta Heliport (JCU), which is located only 18 miles (29 kilometers) S of GIB.
- Because of Gibraltar International Airport's relatively low elevation of 15 feet, planes can take off or land at Gibraltar 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.
- From 2011 until October 2012, EasyJet offered thrice-weekly service from Gibraltar to Liverpool, but it was eventually cancelled due to lack of demand.
- In addition to being known as "Gibraltar International Airport", another name for GIB is "(North Front Airport)".
