Nonstop flight route between Charleroi, Wallonia, Belgium and Georgetown, Cayman Islands:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL), Charleroi, Wallonia, Belgium and Owen Roberts International Airport (GCM), Georgetown, Cayman Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,018 miles (or 8,075 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 Brussels South Charleroi Airport and Owen Roberts 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 Brussels South Charleroi Airport and Owen Roberts International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure 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 |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GCM / MWCR |
Airport Name: | Owen Roberts International Airport |
Location: | Georgetown, Cayman Islands |
GPS Coordinates: | 19°17'33"N by 81°21'33"W |
Operator/Owner: | Cayman Islands Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 8 feet (2 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GCM |
More Information: | GCM Maps & Info |
Facts about Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL):
- The closest airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) is Brussels Airport (BRU), which is located 31 miles (49 kilometers) N of CRL.
- Gosselies airfield became a public aerodrome after World War II, but the main activities of the site remained aeronautical constructions.
- In September 2006 it was announced that Moroccan low-cost airline Jet4you would launch three weekly flights to Casablanca starting 1 November 2006, in code-share cooperation with Belgian airline Jetairfly.
- In addition to being known as "Brussels South Charleroi Airport", another name for CRL is "Aéroport de Charleroi Bruxelles Sud".
- 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.
- Brussels South Charleroi Airport handled 6,516,427 passengers last year.
- 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.
- Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) currently has only 1 runway.
- Although criticised for the subsidies paid by the Walloon government to help its installation, Ryanair opened new routes from Brussels-South Charleroi.
Facts about Owen Roberts International Airport (GCM):
- Because of Owen Roberts International Airport's relatively low elevation of 8 feet, planes can take off or land at Owen Roberts 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.
- In 1952, after Owen Roberts convinced the commissioners of the country to construct airports on all three Cayman Islands, a 5,000 ft runway, along with a terminal was constructed on Grand Cayman at the cost of £100,000.
- The initiation of Cayman Airways flights to Panama City, Panama is anticipated to allow Brazilian tourists to travel to the Cayman Islands via Copa Airlines flights to Panama.
- Owen Roberts International Airport (GCM) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Owen Roberts International Airport (GCM) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,931 miles (19,202 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- The closest airport to Owen Roberts International Airport (GCM) is Edward Bodden Airfield - Little Cayman (LYB), which is located 87 miles (140 kilometers) ENE of GCM.