Nonstop flight route between Galway, Ireland and North Las Vegas, Nevada, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Galway Airport (GWY), Galway, Ireland and North Las Vegas Airport (VGT), North Las Vegas, Nevada, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,851 miles (or 7,806 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 Galway Airport and North Las Vegas 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 Galway Airport and North Las Vegas Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Galway Airport (GWY):

• The airport caters to general aviation with Galway Flying Club which provides fixed-wing training and leisure flying.
• In February 2012, workers at the airport staged a sit-in in protest at the risk that their redundancy payments might not materialise after the airport's bankers had seized its working capital.
• Galway Airport (GWY) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Galway Airport (GWY) is Connemara Airport (NNR), which is located 22 miles (36 kilometers) WSW of GWY.
• By 2007 Galway was officially the fastest growing airport in Ireland, fast exceeding international airports with passenger growth at 63% per annum at that time.
• The furthest airport from Galway Airport (GWY) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,976 miles (19,273 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• Because of Galway Airport's relatively low elevation of 81 feet, planes can take off or land at Galway 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 addition to being known as "Galway Airport", another name for GWY is "Aerphort na Gaillimhe".
• During World War I a landing ground was built for the RAF at nearby Oranmore.
• Galway Airport was located at Carnmore, 4 NM north of Galway City, County Galway, Ireland and is managed by Corrib Airport Limited.

Facts about North Las Vegas Airport (VGT):

• In 1968, Hughes Tool Company purchased the airport, then called North Las Vegas Air Terminal.
• The closest airport to North Las Vegas Airport (VGT) is McCarran International Airport (LAS), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) SSE of VGT.
• North Las Vegas Airport covers an area of 920 acres at an elevation of 2,205 feet above mean sea level.
• North Las Vegas Airport (VGT) has 3 runways.
• The furthest airport from North Las Vegas Airport (VGT) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,297 miles (18,180 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Sky Rider Motel opens at the airport featuring a swimming pool shaped like an airplane.
• The airport has continuously worked on a runway incursion prevention program to help curtail the number of runway incursions happening at the airport.