Nonstop flight route between Kasigluk, Alaska, United States and Lelystad, Netherlands:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kasigluk Airport (KUK), Kasigluk, Alaska, United States and Lelystad Airport (LEY), Lelystad, Netherlands would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,578 miles (or 7,368 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 Kasigluk Airport and Lelystad 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 Kasigluk Airport and Lelystad Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KUK / PFKA |
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Location: | Kasigluk, Alaska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 60°52'23"N by 162°31'27"W |
Area Served: | Kasigluk, Alaska |
Operator/Owner: | State of Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 40 feet (12 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KUK |
More Information: | KUK Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LEY / EHLE |
Airport Name: | Lelystad Airport |
Location: | Lelystad, Netherlands |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°27'37"N by 5°31'37"E |
Operator/Owner: | Schiphol Group |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | -12 feet (-4 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from LEY |
More Information: | LEY Maps & Info |
Facts about Kasigluk Airport (KUK):
- The furthest airport from Kasigluk Airport (KUK) is Cape Town International Airport (CPT), which is located 10,577 miles (17,022 kilometers) away in Cape Town, South Africa.
- In addition to being known as "Kasigluk Airport", another name for KUK is "Z09".
- Kasigluk Airport (KUK) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Kasigluk Airport (KUK) is Nunapitchuk Airport (NUP), which is located only 4 miles (6 kilometers) NE of KUK.
- Because of Kasigluk Airport's relatively low elevation of 40 feet, planes can take off or land at Kasigluk 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.
Facts about Lelystad Airport (LEY):
- The closest airport to Lelystad Airport (LEY) is Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS), which is located 34 miles (54 kilometers) WSW of LEY.
- Because of Lelystad Airport's relatively low elevation of -12 feet, planes can take off or land at Lelystad 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.
- An expansion of the airport is planned which would allow mainly budget airlines, holiday charters and regional airlines using aircraft such as the Boeing 737 and the Airbus A320 series to operate from Lelystad.
- Lelystad Airport (LEY) has 2 runways.
- At first Lelystad had grass taxi- and runways, but it was found that the clay could not support all the traffic, and tracks started to form.
- The furthest airport from Lelystad Airport (LEY) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,832 miles (19,042 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- As Lelystad is the biggest General Aviation airfield in the Netherlands, AOPA is concerned that commercial aviation will have a negative impact on the General Aviation users, and has proposed the construction of a new parallel runway south of the airport to improve traffic flow.
- On 13 June 2014, the draft decision "airport expansion Lelystad Airport" has become public and has been submitted to the Council of State for consultation.