Nonstop flight route between Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom and Ladouanie, Suriname:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Guernsey Airport (GCI), Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom and Laduani Airstrip (LDO), Ladouanie, Suriname would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,371 miles (or 7,034 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 Guernsey Airport and Laduani Airstrip, 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 Guernsey Airport and Laduani Airstrip. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Guernsey Airport (GCI):

• The closest airport to Guernsey Airport (GCI) is Jersey Airport (JER), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) SE of GCI.
• Because of Guernsey Airport's relatively low elevation of 336 feet, planes can take off or land at Guernsey 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.
• Guernsey Airport (GCI) currently has only 1 runway.
• Aurigny Air Services has its head office on the airport property.
• On 7 December 1997 an F-27 operated by AirUK arriving from Southampton overshot the runway while landing in high cross winds.
• Guernsey Airport handled 886,396 passengers last year.
• The proposal is to add runway safety areas, RESAs, extend the take-off section by 120 m, and displace the landing section to the west, the first of a two phase runway extension.
• The furthest airport from Guernsey Airport (GCI) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is nearly antipodal to Guernsey Airport (meaning Guernsey Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Dunedin International Airport), and is located 12,024 miles (19,350 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.

Facts about Laduani Airstrip (LDO):

• In addition to being known as "Laduani Airstrip", another name for LDO is "SMDO".
• The furthest airport from Laduani Airstrip (LDO) is Namrole Airport (NRE), which is nearly antipodal to Laduani Airstrip (meaning Laduani Airstrip is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Namrole Airport), and is located 12,287 miles (19,774 kilometers) away in Buru, Indonesia.
• Because of Laduani Airstrip's relatively low elevation of 236 feet, planes can take off or land at Laduani Airstrip 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 Laduani Airstrip (LDO) is Botopasi Airstrip (BTO), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) SSW of LDO.