Nonstop flight route between St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom and Pemba/Porto Amelia, Mozambique:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between St Mary's Airport (ISC), St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom and Pemba Airport (POL), Pemba/Porto Amelia, Mozambique would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,187 miles (or 8,348 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 St Mary's Airport and Pemba 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 St Mary's Airport and Pemba Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ISC / EGHE |
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Location: | St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 49°54'47"N by 6°17'30"W |
Area Served: | Isles of Scilly |
Operator/Owner: | Council of the Isles of Scilly |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 116 feet (35 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from ISC |
More Information: | ISC Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | POL / FQPB |
Airport Name: | Pemba Airport |
Location: | Pemba/Porto Amelia, Mozambique |
GPS Coordinates: | 12°59'12"S by 40°31'20"E |
Area Served: | Pemba |
Operator/Owner: | Aeroportos de Mocambique (Mozambique Airports Company) |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 331 feet (101 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from POL |
More Information: | POL Maps & Info |
Facts about St Mary's Airport (ISC):
- The furthest airport from St Mary's Airport (ISC) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is nearly antipodal to St Mary's Airport (meaning St Mary's Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Dunedin International Airport), and is located 12,117 miles (19,501 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- St Mary's Airport or Isles of Scilly Airport is an airport located 1 nautical mile east of Hugh Town on St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly, to the south west of Cornwall, UK.
- Because of St Mary's Airport's relatively low elevation of 116 feet, planes can take off or land at St Mary's 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 St Mary's Airport (ISC) is Tresco Heliport (TSO), which is located only 3 miles (5 kilometers) NW of ISC.
- In February 2014, the Council of the Isles of Scilly approved a plan to share the management of St Mary's Airport with Westward Airways, who operate Land's End Airport.
- In addition to being known as "St Mary's Airport", other names for ISC include "Isles of Scilly Airport" and "Scilly Isles/St Mary's Airport".
- In 1984 Isles of Scilly Skybus started flights to St Mary's from Land's End, initially freight and charter.
- St Mary's Airport (ISC) has 2 runways.
- St Mary's Airport handled 89,170 passengers last year.
- On 15 September 1937, Olley Air Service's subsidiary Channel Air Ferries started the first scheduled service between Land's End and St Mary's, flying de Havilland Dragons.
Facts about Pemba Airport (POL):
- Pemba Airport (POL) has 2 runways.
- Because of Pemba Airport's relatively low elevation of 331 feet, planes can take off or land at Pemba 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 Pemba Airport (POL) is Nacala Airport (MNC), which is located 105 miles (168 kilometers) S of POL.
- The furthest airport from Pemba Airport (POL) is Hilo International Airport (ITO), which is located 11,305 miles (18,194 kilometers) away in Hilo, Hawaii, United States.