Nonstop flight route between Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland and Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kerry Airport (KIR), Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland and Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Airport (BDR), Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,007 miles (or 4,839 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 Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial 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 Kerry Airport and Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Kerry Airport (KIR):

• In addition to being known as "Kerry Airport", another name for KIR is "Aerfort Chiarraí".
• The closest airport to Kerry Airport (KIR) is Bantry Aerodrome (BYT), which is located 35 miles (57 kilometers) S of KIR.
• The airport is a public limited company but not quoted on any stock exchange.
• The Runway 08/26 was licensed by the Irish Aviation Authority on 20 May 1994 and the first flight landed at 13:23 local time on the 20th May.
• Kerry Airport (KIR) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.
• Iarnród Éireann's Farranfore railway station is located 0.8 miles to the south with services to Killarney, Tralee, Cork, Limerick Junction and Dublin Heuston.
• 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 handled 272,799 passengers last year.

Facts about Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Airport (BDR):

• On October 17, 1962 President John F.
• The closest airport to Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Airport (BDR) is Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) ENE of BDR.
• Because of Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Airport's relatively low elevation of 9 feet, planes can take off or land at Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial 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.
• Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Airport (BDR) has 2 runways.
• In February 2007 state legislators from Bridgeport, in an effort to force expansion, introduced legislation allowing the State of Connecticut to take over the airport.
• The airport has been the subject of heated debate in Stratford and Bridgeport.
• The furthest airport from Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Airport (BDR) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,765 miles (18,933 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In 1972 it was rededicated as the Igor I.