Nonstop flight route between Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland and Buenos Aires, Argentina:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kerry Airport (KIR), Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland and Jorge Newbery Airfield (AEP), Buenos Aires, Argentina would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,679 miles (or 10,749 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 Kerry Airport and Jorge Newbery Airfield, 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 Kerry Airport and Jorge Newbery Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

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Facts about Kerry Airport (KIR):

• An airport bus terminal opened in January 2006 which has hourly bus service to Cork, Limerick, Tralee and Killarney.
• Kerry Airport is located on the N23 approximately 60 miles from both Cork and Limerick.
• In January 2011, it was announced that 20 of the airport's 65 staff would be made redundant due to a fall in passenger numbers following Ryanair's withdrawal from its PSO contract.
• Kerry Airport handled 272,799 passengers last year.
• The runway was completed on schedule and the first scheduled flight into Kerry was on 22 May 1989 from Dublin by Aer Lingus followed the next day by Ryanair from London-Luton.
• In addition to being known as "Kerry Airport", another name for KIR is "Aerfort Chiarraí".
• Kerry Airport (KIR) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Kerry Airport (KIR) is Bantry Aerodrome (BYT), which is located 35 miles (57 kilometers) S of KIR.
• The furthest airport from Kerry Airport (KIR) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is nearly antipodal to Kerry Airport (meaning Kerry Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ryan's Creek Aerodrome), and is located 12,057 miles (19,403 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• Kerry Airport was incorporated as a public limited company in July 1968 with its main objective of building and managing an airport at Farranfore.
• Because of Kerry Airport's relatively low elevation of 112 feet, planes can take off or land at Kerry 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 Jorge Newbery Airfield (AEP):

• Jorge Newbery Airfield (AEP) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Jorge Newbery Airfield", another name for AEP is "Aeroparque "Jorge Newbery"".
• Newbery Airfield is roughly equal to Ezeiza International Airport to the south) in airline traffic among the nation's 33 airports, handling 93,346 aircraftmovements in 2009 and serving 9,552,504 passengers in 2013.
• The closest airport to Jorge Newbery Airfield (AEP) is San Fernando Airport (FDO), which is located only 12 miles (20 kilometers) NW of AEP.
• Initially served by a 1,000 metres runway, it began operations in January 1948 as the main hub for domestic flights from Buenos Aires as well as flights to Uruguay.
• Because of Jorge Newbery Airfield's relatively low elevation of 18 feet, planes can take off or land at Jorge Newbery Airfield 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 Jorge Newbery Airfield (AEP) is Yancheng Nanyang Airport (YNZ), which is nearly antipodal to Jorge Newbery Airfield (meaning Jorge Newbery Airfield is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Yancheng Nanyang Airport), and is located 12,326 miles (19,836 kilometers) away in Yancheng, Jiangsu, China.