Nonstop flight route between Bryce Canyon, Utah, United States and Waterford, Ireland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bryce Canyon Airport (BCE), Bryce Canyon, Utah, United States and Waterford Airport (WAT), Waterford, Ireland would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,773 miles (or 7,681 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 Bryce Canyon Airport and Waterford 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 Bryce Canyon Airport and Waterford Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Bryce Canyon Airport (BCE):

• The furthest airport from Bryce Canyon Airport (BCE) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,168 miles (17,972 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The airport is near Bryce Canyon National Park and the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
• Because of Bryce Canyon Airport's high elevation of 7,590 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BCE. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BCE a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The timber used in the hangar shows the marks of the borers that infested the trees, which were harvested as part of a program to remove beetle-killed trees.
• The closest airport to Bryce Canyon Airport (BCE) is Panguitch Municipal Airport (PNU), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) NW of BCE.
• On October 6, 2000 American Airlines flight 2821 departed Denver International Airport bound for Los Angeles International Airport.
• Bryce Canyon Airport (BCE) currently has only 1 runway.
• Bryce Canyon Airport is a public airport located four miles north of Bryce Canyon, in Garfield County, Utah, United States.

Facts about Waterford Airport (WAT):

• The closest airport to Waterford Airport (WAT) is Kilkenny Airport (KKY), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) NNW of WAT.
• Flybe has indicated that the services to Waterford will be in place until at least 2014.
• In addition to being known as "Waterford Airport", another name for WAT is "Aerfort Phort Láirge".
• Because of Waterford Airport's relatively low elevation of 119 feet, planes can take off or land at Waterford 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 fully upgraded and remodelled connecting regional road, R708, from Waterford city to the airport was completed in early July 2008, reducing the journey time from Waterford city centre to the airport to 10 minutes at off peak times and from the outer ring road, R470, to the airport to 5 minutes.
• The furthest airport from Waterford Airport (WAT) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is nearly antipodal to Waterford Airport (meaning Waterford Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ryan's Creek Aerodrome), and is located 12,013 miles (19,333 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• Waterford Airport handled 8,000 passengers last year.
• Avair provided the first domestic passenger service in 1982 to Dublin, which originated in Cork.
• The airport opened in 1981 with a 1,200 by 29 m runway for single and twin-engine light aircraft and a portable cabin as terminal building.