Nonstop flight route between Gibraltar and Kristianstad, Sweden:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Gibraltar International Airport (GIB), Gibraltar and Kristianstad Airport (KID), Kristianstad, Sweden would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,641 miles (or 2,641 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 Gibraltar International Airport and Kristianstad Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | GIB / LXGB |
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| Location: | Gibraltar |
| GPS Coordinates: | 36°9'3"N by 5°20'58"W |
| Area Served: | Gibraltar |
| Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
| Airport Type: | Military/Public |
| Elevation: | 15 feet (5 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from GIB |
| More Information: | GIB Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | KID / ESMK |
| Airport Name: | Kristianstad Airport |
| Location: | Kristianstad, Sweden |
| GPS Coordinates: | 55°54'42"N by 14°4'59"E |
| Area Served: | Kristianstad, Sweden |
| Operator/Owner: | Kristianstad Airport AB |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 76 feet (23 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from KID |
| More Information: | KID Maps & Info |
Facts about Gibraltar International Airport (GIB):
- In addition to being known as "Gibraltar International Airport", another name for GIB is "(North Front Airport)".
- Because of Gibraltar International Airport's relatively low elevation of 15 feet, planes can take off or land at Gibraltar 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.
- The old terminal at the airport was built in 1959 and refurbished in the late 1990s.
- The closest airport to Gibraltar International Airport (GIB) is Ceuta Heliport (JCU), which is located only 18 miles (29 kilometers) S of GIB.
- The furthest airport from Gibraltar International Airport (GIB) is Whangarei Airport (WRE), which is nearly antipodal to Gibraltar International Airport (meaning Gibraltar International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Whangarei Airport), and is located 12,406 miles (19,965 kilometers) away in Whangarei, New Zealand.
- Gibraltar International Airport handled 383,013 passengers last year.
- The airport was constructed during World War II upon the territory's race course, when Gibraltar was an important naval base for the British.
- Gibraltar International Airport (GIB) currently has only 1 runway.
- On 17 November 2006 Iberia announced that it would start flights from Madrid to Gibraltar using an Airbus A319 aircraft.
- Because of this, a new four-lane diversion road and tunnel section was planned.
- From 2011 until October 2012, EasyJet offered thrice-weekly service from Gibraltar to Liverpool, but it was eventually cancelled due to lack of demand.
Facts about Kristianstad Airport (KID):
- The furthest airport from Kristianstad Airport (KID) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,480 miles (18,476 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Because of Kristianstad Airport's relatively low elevation of 76 feet, planes can take off or land at Kristianstad 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 closest airport to Kristianstad Airport (KID) is Malmö Airport (MMX), which is located 38 miles (62 kilometers) SW of KID.
- Kristianstad Airport (KID) currently has only 1 runway.
