Nonstop flight route between Jersey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom and Elmira/Big Flats, New York, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Jersey Airport (JER), Jersey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom and Elmira/Corning Regional Airport (ELM), Elmira/Big Flats, New York, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,490 miles (or 5,616 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 Jersey Airport and Elmira/Corning Regional 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 Jersey Airport and Elmira/Corning Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Jersey Airport (JER):

• Some airlines offer services between Jersey and other destinations with an intermediate stop at Guernsey.
• The closest airport to Jersey Airport (JER) is Guernsey Airport (GCI), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) NW of JER.
• Jersey Airport handled 1,453,863 passengers last year.
• The States of Jersey decided to build an airport which opened on 10 March 1937 with four grass runways, the longest being 2,940 ft with a concrete centreline.
• The furthest airport from Jersey Airport (JER) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is nearly antipodal to Jersey Airport (meaning Jersey Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Dunedin International Airport), and is located 12,016 miles (19,338 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• Jersey Airport (JER) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Jersey Airport's relatively low elevation of 277 feet, planes can take off or land at Jersey 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.

Facts about Elmira/Corning Regional Airport (ELM):

• General aviation facilities are in a separate terminal away from the commercial services.
• On June 23, 1967, Mohawk Airlines Flight 40, operated with a British Aircraft Corporation BAC One-Eleven jet, crashed in Blossburg, Pennsylvania, shortly after taking off from Elmira/Corning, killing all 34 persons on board.
• Mohawk/Allegheny/USAir flew to Elmira until 2001 when its affiliate took over.
• Elmira/Corning Regional Airport is a county-owned public airport in Chemung County, New York, seven miles northwest of Elmira and eight miles east of Corning.
• The closest airport to Elmira/Corning Regional Airport (ELM) is Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport (ITH), which is located 32 miles (51 kilometers) NE of ELM.
• Because of Elmira/Corning Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 954 feet, planes can take off or land at Elmira/Corning Regional 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 Elmira/Corning Regional Airport (ELM) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,573 miles (18,625 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Elmira/Corning Regional Airport (ELM) has 3 runways.