Nonstop flight route between Galway, Ireland and Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Galway Airport (GWY), Galway, Ireland and Sudbury Airport (YSB), Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,090 miles (or 4,972 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 Sudbury 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 Sudbury 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):

• Galway Airport (GWY) currently has only 1 runway.
• An additional "Development Fee" of €10 is charged to all departing passengers aged 12 years and over.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Galway Airport", another name for GWY is "Aerphort na Gaillimhe".
• 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.
• The airport is located 6 kilometres by road from Galway city centre.
• 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.

Facts about Sudbury Airport (YSB):

• Sunwing Airlines began service at the Sudbury Airport in the early 2000s.
• Sudbury Airport began as an emergency landing facility with a single 6,600 ft landing strip for CF-100s from CFB North Bay in 1952.
• The furthest airport from Sudbury Airport (YSB) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,228 miles (18,070 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Sudbury Airport (YSB) has 2 runways.
• Sudbury Airport or Greater Sudbury Airport, is an airport in the Canadian city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario and is located 11 nautical miles northeast of the downtown area, on Municipal Road 86 between the communities of Garson and Skead.
• The closest airport to Sudbury Airport (YSB) is North Bay Airport (YYB), which is located 68 miles (109 kilometers) ESE of YSB.