Nonstop flight route between Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom and Fairview, Alberta, Canada:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Guernsey Airport (GCI), Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom and Fairview Airport (ZFW), Fairview, Alberta, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,271 miles (or 6,874 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 Fairview 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 Fairview Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GCI / EGJB |
Airport Name: | Guernsey Airport |
Location: | Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 49°26'4"N by 2°36'6"W |
Area Served: | Guernsey |
Operator/Owner: | States of Guernsey |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 336 feet (102 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GCI |
More Information: | GCI Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ZFW / |
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Location: | Fairview, Alberta, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 56°4'53"N by 118°25'59"W |
Operator/Owner: | Municipal District of Fairview No. 136 |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2169 feet (661 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ZFW |
More Information: | ZFW Maps & Info |
Facts about Guernsey Airport (GCI):
- A large number of single and twin-engined light and business aircraft are based at the airport.
- Guernsey Airport handled 886,396 passengers last year.
- Aurigny Air Services has its head office on the airport property.
- 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 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.
- Guernsey Airport (GCI) currently has only 1 runway.
- 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.
- Atlantic Airlines operates from Bournemouth carrying mail, and from London Luton bringing in newspapers and DHL parcels.
- 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.
Facts about Fairview Airport (ZFW):
- The furthest airport from Fairview Airport (ZFW) is East London Airport (ELS), which is located 10,176 miles (16,377 kilometers) away in East London, South Africa.
- Fairview Airport (ZFW) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Fairview Airport (ZFW) is Peace River Airport (YPE), which is located 39 miles (63 kilometers) ENE of ZFW.
- In addition to being known as "Fairview Airport", another name for ZFW is "CEB5".