Nonstop flight route between Cooperstown, New York, United States and Gibraltar:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Cooperstown-Westville Airport (COP), Cooperstown, New York, United States and Gibraltar International Airport (GIB), Gibraltar would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,635 miles (or 5,850 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 Cooperstown-Westville Airport and Gibraltar International 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 Cooperstown-Westville Airport and Gibraltar International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Cooperstown-Westville Airport (COP):

• The closest airport to Cooperstown-Westville Airport (COP) is Oneonta Municipal Airport (ONH), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) SW of COP.
• Cooperstown-Westville Airport (COP) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Cooperstown-Westville Airport (COP) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,629 miles (18,715 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In addition to being known as "Cooperstown-Westville Airport", another name for COP is "K23".

Facts about Gibraltar International Airport (GIB):

• The airport was constructed during World War II upon the territory's race course, when Gibraltar was an important naval base for the British.
• 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.
• 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.
• Gibraltar International Airport handled 383,013 passengers last year.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Gibraltar International Airport", another name for GIB is "(North Front Airport)".
• There is one terminal at Gibraltar International.
• The closest airport to Gibraltar International Airport (GIB) is Ceuta Heliport (JCU), which is located only 18 miles (29 kilometers) S of GIB.
• On 18 May 2011, Bmibaby announced that it would launch flights from Gibraltar to East Midlands from 31 March 2012.
• Gibraltar International Airport (GIB) currently has only 1 runway.
• A new dual carriageway is also being built.
• A new terminal has been constructed at Gibraltar International due to the high number of passengers using it.