Nonstop flight route between Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland and Farmington, New Mexico, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kerry Airport (KIR), Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland and Four Corners Regional Airport (FMN), Farmington, New Mexico, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,597 miles (or 7,398 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 Four Corners Regional 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 Four Corners Regional 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):

• On 25 August 1969 the first aircraft to land at Kerry Airport was piloted by Captain Milo Carr of the Department of Transport & Power.
• 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.
• Kerry Airport handled 272,799 passengers last year.
• 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.
• Car hire and taxi services are available at the airport.
• The following table shows international passenger numbers, also included are charter flights or unscheduled flights denoted by *.
• In addition to being known as "Kerry Airport", another name for KIR is "Aerfort Chiarraí".
• 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.
• 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.

Facts about Four Corners Regional Airport (FMN):

• Because of Four Corners Regional Airport's high elevation of 5,506 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at FMN. Combined with a high temperature, this could make FMN a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Four Corners Regional Airport (FMN) has 2 runways.
• Four Corners Regional Airport was served by the original Frontier Airlines, Sunwest Airlines, Air Midwest, Aspen Airways, Trans Colorado Airlines, America West Express, Continental Express, United Express, American Eagle, and USAirways Express.
• The furthest airport from Four Corners Regional Airport (FMN) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,158 miles (17,957 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Frontier Airlines flew Boeing 737-200s to Denver after operating Convair 580s for many years.Aspen Airways flew Convair 580s nonstop to Denver as an independent airline and later as United Express.
• The closest airport to Four Corners Regional Airport (FMN) is Animas Air Park (AMK), which is located 38 miles (61 kilometers) NNE of FMN.
• The airport has free long term parking, four major car rental companies at the terminal, and free WiFi in the terminal area.