Nonstop flight route between Sørvágur, Faroe Islands and Grand Turk Island, Turks and Caicos Islands:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Vágar Airport (FAE), Sørvágur, Faroe Islands and JAGS McCartney International Airport (GDT), Grand Turk Island, Turks and Caicos Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,076 miles (or 6,560 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 Vágar Airport and JAGS McCartney 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 Vágar Airport and JAGS McCartney 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 Vágar Airport (FAE):

• Because of Vágar Airport's relatively low elevation of 280 feet, planes can take off or land at Vágar 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.
• Until 2002 travel from the airport to most locations in the Faroe Islands including the capital Tórshavn required a car ferry, but in 2002 a road tunnel was opened giving direct road access.
• Vágar Airport (FAE) currently has only 1 runway.
• The runway was extended from 1,250 metres to 1,799 metres in 2011, allowing more plane types to be used.
• The closest airport to Vágar Airport (FAE) is Scatsta Airport (SCS), which is located 228 miles (368 kilometers) ESE of FAE.
• After the war the airfield was abandoned and left unused until 1963 when it was reopened as a civilian airport at the initiative of two Sørvágur residents, Hugo Fjørðoy and Lars Larsen.
• A Boeing 737 aircraft lands
• The furthest airport from Vágar Airport (FAE) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,373 miles (18,304 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• Vágar Airport handled 23,618 passengers last year.
• The airport was built by British Royal Engineers during World War II on the island of Vágar.
• In addition to being known as "Vágar Airport", another name for FAE is "Vága FloghavnVágar Lufthavn".

Facts about JAGS McCartney International Airport (GDT):

• Because of JAGS McCartney International Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at JAGS McCartney 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.
• JAGS McCartney International Airport (GDT) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from JAGS McCartney International Airport (GDT) is RAAF Learmonth (LEA), which is nearly antipodal to JAGS McCartney International Airport (meaning JAGS McCartney International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAAF Learmonth), and is located 12,097 miles (19,468 kilometers) away in Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to JAGS McCartney International Airport (GDT) is South Caicos Airport (XSC), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) WNW of GDT.