Nonstop flight route between Tusayan, Arizona, United States and Kerch, Ukraine:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Grand Canyon National Park Airport (GCN), Tusayan, Arizona, United States and Kerch Airport (KHC), Kerch, Ukraine would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,485 miles (or 10,437 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 Grand Canyon National Park Airport and Kerch 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 Grand Canyon National Park Airport and Kerch Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Grand Canyon National Park Airport (GCN):

• In addition, the airport was served in the past by America West Airlines operating de Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash 8 turboprop aircraft to Las Vegas and Phoenix.
• The furthest airport from Grand Canyon National Park Airport (GCN) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,285 miles (18,162 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• On August 16, 2009, Air Force One, carrying President Barack Obama landed at Grand Canyon Airport at about 10am local time, for a four hour visit of the Canyon by the President and his family.
• Because of Grand Canyon National Park Airport's high elevation of 6,609 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at GCN. Combined with a high temperature, this could make GCN a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Grand Canyon National Park Airport (GCN) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Grand Canyon National Park Airport (GCN) is Valle Airport (VLE), which is located 21 miles (34 kilometers) S of GCN.

Facts about Kerch Airport (KHC):

• Kerch Airport is an airport in Kerch, Ukraine.
• In addition to being known as "Kerch Airport", another name for KHC is "Аеропорт «Керч»".
• Though the airport is bankrupt, it is still in service, and is used by general aviation today.
• Because of Kerch Airport's relatively low elevation of 171 feet, planes can take off or land at Kerch 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.
• Kerch Airport (KHC) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Kerch Airport (KHC) is Anapa Airport (AAQ), which is located 53 miles (85 kilometers) ESE of KHC.
• The furthest airport from Kerch Airport (KHC) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,828 miles (17,425 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.