Nonstop flight route between Khartoum, Sudan and Shannon (County Clare), Ireland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Khartoum International Airport (KRT), Khartoum, Sudan and Shannon Airport (SNN), Shannon (County Clare), Ireland would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,412 miles (or 5,490 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 Khartoum International Airport and Shannon 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 Khartoum International Airport and Shannon Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KRT / HSSS |
Airport Name: | Khartoum International Airport |
Location: | Khartoum, Sudan |
GPS Coordinates: | 15°35'22"N by 32°33'11"E |
Area Served: | Khartoum |
Airport Type: | Joint (Civil and Military) |
Elevation: | 1265 feet (386 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KRT |
More Information: | KRT Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SNN / EINN |
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Location: | Shannon (County Clare), Ireland |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°42'6"N by 8°55'28"W |
Area Served: | Limerick City, Ireland |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Ireland |
Airport Type: | Commercial |
Elevation: | 46 feet (14 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SNN |
More Information: | SNN Maps & Info |
Facts about Khartoum International Airport (KRT):
- Khartoum International Airport handled 2,178,097 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Khartoum International Airport (KRT) is Atbara Airport (ATB), which is located 177 miles (285 kilometers) NE of KRT.
- Khartoum International Airport (KRT) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Khartoum International Airport (KRT) is Arutua Airport (AXR), which is nearly antipodal to Khartoum International Airport (meaning Khartoum International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Arutua Airport), and is located 12,377 miles (19,919 kilometers) away in Arutua, Tuamotus, French Polynesia.
Facts about Shannon Airport (SNN):
- In addition to being known as "Shannon Airport", another name for SNN is "Aerfort na Sionainne".
- In 2011, passenger numbers at Shannon declined by 7.4% from 1,755,885, to 1,625,549.
- The closest airport to Shannon Airport (SNN) is Inisheer Aerodrome (INQ), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) NW of SNN.
- Shannon continued to expand during the Celtic Tiger years with many services operated to the US and Canada.
- Shannon Airport handled 1,400,032 passengers last year.
- In 1947, the "Customs Free Airport Act" established Shannon as the world's first duty-free airport.
- Because of Shannon Airport's relatively low elevation of 46 feet, planes can take off or land at Shannon 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.
- During the 1990s, the airport began to struggle.
- When World War II ended, the airport was ready to be used by the many new post-war commercial airlines of Europe and North America.
- The furthest airport from Shannon Airport (SNN) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is nearly antipodal to Shannon Airport (meaning Shannon Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ryan's Creek Aerodrome), and is located 12,015 miles (19,336 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
- Shannon Airport (SNN) currently has only 1 runway.