Nonstop flight route between Flores Island, Azores, Portugal and Cat Cay, Bimini Islands, Bahamas:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from FLW to CXY:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- FLW Airport Information
- CXY Airport Information
- Facts about FLW
- Facts about CXY
- Map of Nearest Airports to FLW
- List of Nearest Airports to FLW
- Map of Furthest Airports from FLW
- List of Furthest Airports from FLW
- Map of Nearest Airports to CXY
- List of Nearest Airports to CXY
- Map of Furthest Airports from CXY
- List of Furthest Airports from CXY
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Flores Airport (FLW), Flores Island, Azores, Portugal and Cat Cay Airport (CXY), Cat Cay, Bimini Islands, Bahamas would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,927 miles (or 4,710 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 Flores Airport and Cat Cay 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 Flores Airport and Cat Cay Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FLW / LPFL |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Flores Island, Azores, Portugal |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°27'29"N by 31°7'55"W |
Area Served: | Santa Cruz das Flores |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Portugal |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 108 feet (33 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from FLW |
More Information: | FLW Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CXY / MYCC |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Cat Cay, Bimini Islands, Bahamas |
GPS Coordinates: | 25°33'19"N by 79°16'33"W |
Area Served: | Cat Cay |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 0 feet (0 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CXY |
More Information: | CXY Maps & Info |
Facts about Flores Airport (FLW):
- Along with the airports in Lisbon, Porto, Faro, Horta, Vila do Porto, Ponta Delgada and Beja, the airport's concessions to provide support to civil aviation was conceded to ANA Aeroportos de Portugal on 18 December 1998, under provisions of decree 404/98.
- In addition to being known as "Flores Airport", another name for FLW is "Aeroporto das Flores".
- The closest airport to Flores Airport (FLW) is Corvo Airport (CVU), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) N of FLW.
- Flores Airport handled 45,122 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Flores Airport (FLW) is Flinders Island Airport (FLS), which is nearly antipodal to Flores Airport (meaning Flores Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Flinders Island Airport), and is located 12,373 miles (19,912 kilometers) away in Flinders Island, Tasmania, Australia.
- Flores Airport (FLW) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Flores Airport's relatively low elevation of 108 feet, planes can take off or land at Flores 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.
Facts about Cat Cay Airport (CXY):
- In addition to being known as "Cat Cay Airport", another name for CXY is "Cat Cay Airport (Cat Cay)".
- Because of Cat Cay Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Cat Cay 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 closest airport to Cat Cay Airport (CXY) is South Bimini Airport (BIM), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) N of CXY.
- The furthest airport from Cat Cay Airport (CXY) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,637 miles (18,727 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
- Cat Cay Airport (CXY) currently has only 1 runway.