Nonstop flight route between Jamestown, North Dakota, United States and Lyon, France:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Jamestown Regional Airport (JMS), Jamestown, North Dakota, United States and Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS), Lyon, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,547 miles (or 7,318 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 Jamestown Regional Airport and Lyon–Saint Exupéry 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 Jamestown Regional Airport and Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | JMS / KJMS |
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Location: | Jamestown, North Dakota, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 46°55'46"N by 98°40'41"W |
Area Served: | Jamestown, North Dakota |
Operator/Owner: | Jamestown Regional Airport Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1500 feet (457 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from JMS |
More Information: | JMS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LYS / LFLL |
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Location: | Lyon, France |
GPS Coordinates: | 45°43'32"N by 5°4'51"E |
Area Served: | Lyon, France |
Operator/Owner: | Aéroport de Lyon |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 821 feet (250 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from LYS |
More Information: | LYS Maps & Info |
Facts about Jamestown Regional Airport (JMS):
- The furthest airport from Jamestown Regional Airport (JMS) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,467 miles (16,845 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to Jamestown Regional Airport (JMS) is Ashley Municipal Airport (ASY), which is located 70 miles (113 kilometers) SSW of JMS.
- In addition to being known as "Jamestown Regional Airport", another name for JMS is "Admiral Don Weiss Field".
- Jamestown Regional Airport covers an area of 1,500 acres at an elevation of 1,500 feet above mean sea level.
- Jamestown Regional Airport (JMS) has 2 runways.
Facts about Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS):
- In addition to being known as "Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport", another name for LYS is "Aéroport Lyon-Saint Exupéry".
- Because of Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport's relatively low elevation of 821 feet, planes can take off or land at Lyon–Saint Exupéry 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 Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) is Lyon–Bron Airport (LYN), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) W of LYS.
- Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport handled 8,451,039 passengers last year.
- Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (meaning Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,284 miles (19,770 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The airport was originally named Lyon Satolas Airport, but in 2000 the airport and train station were renamed in honour of Lyonnais aviation pioneer and writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, on the centenary of his birth.