Nonstop flight route between Jersey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom and Gibraltar:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Jersey Airport (JER), Jersey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom and Gibraltar International Airport (GIB), Gibraltar would travel a Great Circle distance of 916 miles (or 1,474 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 relatively short distance between Jersey Airport and Gibraltar International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | JER / EGJJ |
| Airport Name: | Jersey Airport |
| Location: | Jersey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom |
| GPS Coordinates: | 49°12'29"N by 2°11'43"W |
| Area Served: | Jersey |
| Operator/Owner: | Jersey Airport |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 277 feet (84 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from JER |
| More Information: | JER Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | GIB / LXGB |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Gibraltar |
| GPS Coordinates: | 36°9'3"N by 5°20'58"W |
| Area Served: | Gibraltar |
| Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
| Airport Type: | Military/Public |
| Elevation: | 15 feet (5 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from GIB |
| More Information: | GIB Maps & Info |
Facts about Jersey Airport (JER):
- Some airlines offer services between Jersey and other destinations with an intermediate stop at Guernsey.
- 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.
- There are long and short-stay car parks located at the airport, and free parking areas for bicycles and motorcycles.
- The closest airport to Jersey Airport (JER) is Guernsey Airport (GCI), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) NW of JER.
- The runway was lengthened several times over the years, reaching its current length of 5,560 ft in 1976.
- The 1937 terminal was designed with a control tower between the arrivals and departures areas.
- 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.
- Jersey Airport handled 1,453,863 passengers last year.
- Air service to Jersey before 1937 consisted of biplane airliners and some seaplanes landing on the beach at Saint Aubin bay.
Facts about Gibraltar International Airport (GIB):
- The furthest airport from Gibraltar International Airport (GIB) is Whangarei Airport (WRE), which is nearly antipodal to Gibraltar International Airport (meaning Gibraltar International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Whangarei Airport), and is located 12,406 miles (19,965 kilometers) away in Whangarei, New Zealand.
- In addition to being known as "Gibraltar International Airport", another name for GIB is "(North Front Airport)".
- Gibraltar International Airport handled 383,013 passengers last year.
- In April 2009 Ándalus Líneas Aéreas restored Gibraltar's air link with the Spanish capital.
- Gibraltar International Airport (GIB) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Gibraltar International Airport (GIB) is Ceuta Heliport (JCU), which is located only 18 miles (29 kilometers) S of GIB.
- Because of Gibraltar International Airport's relatively low elevation of 15 feet, planes can take off or land at Gibraltar International 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 was constructed during World War II upon the territory's race course, when Gibraltar was an important naval base for the British.
- A new terminal has been constructed at Gibraltar International due to the high number of passengers using it.
- The road across the runway is constraining operations at the airport, especially with the increase in operations since the Córdoba Agreement.
