Nonstop flight route between Jersey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom and Wiscasset, Maine, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Jersey Airport (JER), Jersey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom and Wiscasset Airport (ISS), Wiscasset, Maine, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,119 miles (or 5,019 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 Wiscasset 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 Wiscasset 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.
• Jersey Airport handled 1,453,863 passengers last year.
• 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.
• 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.
• Cargo flights, including daily mail and paper services, which are handled by OceanAir Handling, are operated by Atlantic Airlines and Capital Trading Aviation.
• 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.
• There are approximately 55,000 aircraft movements and 1.4 million passengers annually at the airport based on 2013 statistics.
• There are long and short-stay car parks located at the airport, and free parking areas for bicycles and motorcycles.
• Jersey Airport is located in the parish of Saint Peter, 4 NM west northwest of Saint Helier in Jersey, in the Channel Islands.
• The closest airport to Jersey Airport (JER) is Guernsey Airport (GCI), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) NW of JER.

Facts about Wiscasset Airport (ISS):

• In addition to being known as "Wiscasset Airport", another name for ISS is "IWI".
• The closest airport to Wiscasset Airport (ISS) is Naval Air Station Brunswick (NHZ), which is located only 12 miles (20 kilometers) WSW of ISS.
• Wiscasset Airport (ISS) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Wiscasset Airport's relatively low elevation of 70 feet, planes can take off or land at Wiscasset 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 Wiscasset Airport (ISS) is Manjimup Airport (MJP), which is located 11,698 miles (18,825 kilometers) away in Manjimup, Western Australia, Australia.