Nonstop flight route between Hays, Kansas, United States and Ilulissat, Greenland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Hays Regional Airport (HYS), Hays, Kansas, United States and Ilulissat Airport (JAV), Ilulissat, Greenland would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,737 miles (or 4,404 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 Hays Regional Airport and Ilulissat 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 Hays Regional Airport and Ilulissat Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HYS / KHYS |
Airport Name: | Hays Regional Airport |
Location: | Hays, Kansas, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 38°50'31"N by 99°16'23"W |
Area Served: | Hays, Kansas |
Operator/Owner: | City of Hays |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1999 feet (609 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from HYS |
More Information: | HYS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | JAV / BGJN |
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Location: | Ilulissat, Greenland |
GPS Coordinates: | 69°14'35"N by 51°3'25"W |
Area Served: | Ilulissat, Greenland |
Operator/Owner: | Greenland Airport Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 95 feet (29 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from JAV |
More Information: | JAV Maps & Info |
Facts about Hays Regional Airport (HYS):
- Hays Regional Airport covers an area of 545 acres at an elevation of 1,999 feet above mean sea level.
- The closest airport to Hays Regional Airport (HYS) is Great Bend Municipal Airport (GBD), which is located 41 miles (66 kilometers) SSE of HYS.
- The furthest airport from Hays Regional Airport (HYS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,760 miles (17,316 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Hays Regional Airport (HYS) has 2 runways.
Facts about Ilulissat Airport (JAV):
- In addition to being known as "Ilulissat Airport", other names for JAV include "Mittarfik Ilulissat" and "Ilulissat Lufthavn".
- Air Iceland de Havilland Canada Dash-8 106
- Because of Ilulissat Airport's relatively low elevation of 95 feet, planes can take off or land at Ilulissat 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.
- Beechcraft Super King Air B200 of Icelandic Civil Aviation Administration
- Ilulissat Airport handled 41,965 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Ilulissat Airport (JAV) is Hobart International Airport (HBA), which is located 10,495 miles (16,891 kilometers) away in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
- The closest airport to Ilulissat Airport (JAV) is Qasigiannguit Heliport (JCH), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) S of JAV.
- Ilulissat Airport (JAV) currently has only 1 runway.
- Air Greenland operates government contract flights to villages in the Disko Bay area.
- Air Greenland de Havilland Canada Dash 7, "Nipiki"
- Air Greenland Sikorsky S-61N helicopter