Nonstop flight route between Sitia, Crete, Greece and Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sitia Airport (JSH), Sitia, Crete, Greece and Smith Reynolds Airport (INT), Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,604 miles (or 9,019 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 Sitia Airport and Smith Reynolds 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 Sitia Airport and Smith Reynolds Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Sitia Airport (JSH):

• Annual Passenger Throughput - 10 year history
• Sitia Airport (JSH) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Sitia Airport (JSH) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,540 miles (18,572 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
• Sitia Airport began operations on June 7, 1984, when the first aircraft landed on the facility.
• Sitia Airport is a small community airport in the region Mponta of Sitia Municipality, on the eastern part of Crete in Greece.
• In addition to being known as "Sitia Airport", another name for JSH is "Δημοτικός Αερολιμένας Σητείας".
• The closest airport to Sitia Airport (JSH) is Kasos Island Public Airport (KSJ), which is located 48 miles (77 kilometers) ENE of JSH.
• Besides rental cars, there are taxis available to any destination on Crete.
• Because of Sitia Airport's relatively low elevation of 376 feet, planes can take off or land at Sitia 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 Smith Reynolds Airport (INT):

• The furthest airport from Smith Reynolds Airport (INT) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,558 miles (18,600 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In 1933, the Civil Works Administration, a program developed by The New Deal, began extending each runway by 500 feet, lining the main hangar floors with concrete and relocating the field lighting system.
• The closest airport to Smith Reynolds Airport (INT) is Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) E of INT.
• Because of Smith Reynolds Airport's relatively low elevation of 969 feet, planes can take off or land at Smith Reynolds 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.
• Smith Reynolds Airport (INT) has 2 runways.
• By 1953 Piedmont Airlines employed over 680 people and grossed over $5.3 million in gross revenue by covering almost 3,000 miles on its route system.
• CAP is chartered by the US Congress to teach Aerospace Education to the general public and specifically to members of CAP.