Nonstop flight route between St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin Island, Russia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between St Mary's Airport (ISC), St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport (UUS), Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin Island, Russia would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,497 miles (or 8,847 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 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 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 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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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.
• 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.
• St Mary's Airport handled 89,170 passengers last year.
• 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 1938 Great Western and Southern Airlines took over Olley Air Service and Channel Air Ferries.
• In 1984 Isles of Scilly Skybus started flights to St Mary's from Land's End, initially freight and charter.
• 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.
• St Mary's Airport (ISC) has 2 runways.
• 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.
• The closest airport to St Mary's Airport (ISC) is Tresco Heliport (TSO), which is located only 3 miles (5 kilometers) NW of ISC.
• The terminal at the airport is open all year round whilst the airport is in operation.
• The current 600m asphalt runway, 15/33, was built in 1991.

Facts about Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport (UUS):

• The closest airport to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport (UUS) is Wakkanai Airport (WKJ), which is located 111 miles (179 kilometers) SSW of UUS.
• Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport (UUS) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport's relatively low elevation of 59 feet, planes can take off or land at Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 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 furthest airport from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport (UUS) is Port Stanley Airport (PSY), which is located 11,459 miles (18,442 kilometers) away in Stanley, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom.
• In addition to being known as "Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport", another name for UUS is "Аэропорт Южно-Сахалинск".