Nonstop flight route between Gibraltar and Kastelorizo, Greece:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gibraltar International Airport (GIB), Gibraltar and Kastellorizo Public Airport (KZS), Kastelorizo, Greece would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,938 miles (or 3,119 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 Kastellorizo Public Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Gibraltar International Airport (GIB):

• The old terminal at the airport was built in 1959 and refurbished in the late 1990s.
• The airport was constructed during World War II upon the territory's race course, when Gibraltar was an important naval base for the British.
• 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.
• On 17 November 2006 Iberia announced that it would start flights from Madrid to Gibraltar using an Airbus A319 aircraft.
• 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 closest airport to Gibraltar International Airport (GIB) is Ceuta Heliport (JCU), which is located only 18 miles (29 kilometers) S of GIB.
• Gibraltar International Airport (GIB) currently has only 1 runway.
• Gibraltar International Airport handled 383,013 passengers last year.

Facts about Kastellorizo Public Airport (KZS):

• Annual passenger trhoughput - 10 year history
• The closest airport to Kastellorizo Public Airport (KZS) is Dalaman International Airport (DLM), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) NW of KZS.
• The furthest airport from Kastellorizo Public Airport (KZS) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,488 miles (18,488 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
• The current Kastellorizo Airport first began operations in 1986 as a domestic airport.
• Kastellorizo Island Public Airport is an airport on the small island Kastellorizo, Greece, part of the Dodekanesos island group.
• Because of Kastellorizo Public Airport's relatively low elevation of 474 feet, planes can take off or land at Kastellorizo Public 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.
• Kastellorizo Public Airport (KZS) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Kastellorizo Public Airport", another name for KZS is "Δημοτικός Αερολιμένας Καστελλόριζου".