Nonstop flight route between Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland and Cape Newenham, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kerry Airport (KIR), Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland and Cape Newenham LRRS Airport (EHM), Cape Newenham, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,626 miles (or 7,445 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 Cape Newenham LRRS 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 Cape Newenham LRRS Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kerry Airport (KIR):

• The Government of Ireland subvents regional services under a public service obligation programme.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Kerry Airport (KIR) is Bantry Aerodrome (BYT), which is located 35 miles (57 kilometers) S of KIR.
• 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.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Kerry Airport", another name for KIR is "Aerfort Chiarraí".

Facts about Cape Newenham LRRS Airport (EHM):

• Cape Newenham LRRS Airport (EHM) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airstrip was constructed in 1951 during the construction of the Cape Newenham Air Force Station.
• The closest airport to Cape Newenham LRRS Airport (EHM) is Platinum Airport (PTU), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) NNE of EHM.
• The furthest airport from Cape Newenham LRRS Airport (EHM) is Cape Town International Airport (CPT), which is located 10,732 miles (17,271 kilometers) away in Cape Town, South Africa.
• Cape Newenham LRRS Airport is a military airstrip located one nautical mile southeast of Cape Newenham, in the Dillingham Census Area of the U.S.
• Cape Newenham Airport is a United States Air Force military airstrip.
• It is not staffed by any support personnel, and is not open to the public.
• Because of Cape Newenham LRRS Airport's relatively low elevation of 541 feet, planes can take off or land at Cape Newenham LRRS 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.