Nonstop flight route between Klagenfurt, Austria and Cork, Ireland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Klagenfurt Airport (KLU), Klagenfurt, Austria and Cork Airport (ORK), Cork, Ireland would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,085 miles (or 1,746 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 relatively short distance between Klagenfurt Airport and Cork Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Klagenfurt Airport (KLU):

• Klagenfurt Airport (KLU) has 2 runways.
• Klagenfurt Airport, also known as Kärnten Airport, is the airport of Klagenfurt, the sixth-largest city in Austria.
• Klagenfurt Airport consists of one small passenger terminal building which features some shops and restaurants as well as a visitors terrace.
• The closest airport to Klagenfurt Airport (KLU) is Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) S of KLU.
• The furthest airport from Klagenfurt Airport (KLU) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,877 miles (19,114 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Klagenfurt Airport", another name for KLU is "Kärnten Airport".
• The airport has its own exit named Klagenfurt Flughafen on the nearby motorway A2 which leads to Vienna and Italy.
• After the end of World War II, Julius Fedrigoni was returned to Annabichl, he worked with low-budget flight operations.

Facts about Cork Airport (ORK):

• Along with the construction of the terminal, roads were upgraded from single to dual carriageway and re-aligned, a new short term multi-storey car park constructed and key services enhanced to the highest international standards.
• Cork Airport handled 2,340,141 passengers last year.
• In 1975 Aer Rianta, the then state airports authority, undertook a passenger terminal study aimed at improving the terminal facilities.
• The furthest airport from Cork Airport (ORK) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is nearly antipodal to Cork Airport (meaning Cork Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ryan's Creek Aerodrome), and is located 12,063 miles (19,413 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• The cargo area, currently located to the north–east of the airport, is planned to be moved to the south–east of the airport grounds, the current location of the general aviation area.
• On 11 April 2008, the board of Cork Airport Authority agreed by one vote to accept responsibility for a debt of €113 million incurred by the Dublin Airport Authority in the redevelopment of Cork Airport to secure independence from Dublin Airport.
• Because of Cork Airport's relatively low elevation of 502 feet, planes can take off or land at Cork 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 Cork Airport (ORK) is Bantry Aerodrome (BYT), which is located 44 miles (71 kilometers) WSW of ORK.
• Cork Airport (ORK) has 2 runways.
• The length of the main runway dictates that the airport cannot handle fully laden large widebody aircraft.
• In addition to being known as "Cork Airport", another name for ORK is "Aerfort Chorcaí".