Nonstop flight route between Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom and Windsor, Ontario, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Guernsey Airport (GCI), Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom and Windsor International Airport (YQG), Windsor, Ontario, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,712 miles (or 5,974 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 Windsor 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 Guernsey Airport and Windsor 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 Guernsey Airport (GCI):

• Work started on a new terminal building in 2002, which became operational on 19 April 2004.
• The airport currently runs two liaison groups.
• The closest airport to Guernsey Airport (GCI) is Jersey Airport (JER), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) SE of GCI.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Aurigny Air Services has its head office on the airport property.
• In 1960 there were four grass runways, with lengths ranging from 2,040 ft to 3,060 ft.
• Guernsey Airport (GCI) currently has only 1 runway.
• Guernsey Airport handled 886,396 passengers last year.

Facts about Windsor International Airport (YQG):

• The closest airport to Windsor International Airport (YQG) is Coleman A. Young International Airport (DET), which is located only 10 miles (15 kilometers) NNW of YQG.
• In response to the positive reception of Sunwing's flights from Windsor to Varadero, Cuba, Sunwing Airlines announced an additional flight to Santa Clara, Cuba, with a choice of accommodations offered in Cayo Santo Maria.
• Because of Windsor International Airport's relatively low elevation of 622 feet, planes can take off or land at Windsor 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 early October 2013 the City of Windsor announced that $12.7 million would be invested into Windsor Airport to create a multi-model cargo terminal.
• Windsor International Airport (YQG) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Windsor International Airport (YQG) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,302 miles (18,188 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.