Nonstop flight route between Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom and Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Guernsey Airport (GCI), Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom and Ittoqqortoormiit Heliport (OBY), Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,585 miles (or 2,550 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 relatively short distance between Guernsey Airport and Ittoqqortoormiit Heliport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

Departure Airport Information:

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Facts about Guernsey Airport (GCI):

• Guernsey Airport handled 886,396 passengers last year.
• In 1960 there were four grass runways, with lengths ranging from 2,040 ft to 3,060 ft.
• 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.
• On 12 January 1999 a F-27 operating a cargo flight for Channel Express arriving from Luton crashed short of runway 27 after deploying full flap on approach.
• Guernsey Airport (GCI) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Guernsey Airport (GCI) is Jersey Airport (JER), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) SE of GCI.
• 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.
• Work started on a new terminal building in 2002, which became operational on 19 April 2004.
• A large number of single and twin-engined light and business aircraft are based at the airport.

Facts about Ittoqqortoormiit Heliport (OBY):

• Ittoqqortoormiit Heliport handled 834 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Ittoqqortoormiit Heliport (OBY) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 10,773 miles (17,337 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• Because of Ittoqqortoormiit Heliport's relatively low elevation of 238 feet, planes can take off or land at Ittoqqortoormiit Heliport 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 Ittoqqortoormiit Heliport (OBY) is Nerlerit Inaat Airport (CNP), which is located 23 miles (38 kilometers) NW of OBY.