Nonstop flight route between Leros, Greece and Punta Raisi (near Palermo), Italy:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Leros Municipal Airport (LRS), Leros, Greece and Falcone–Borsellino Airport (PMO), Punta Raisi (near Palermo), Italy would travel a Great Circle distance of 752 miles (or 1,210 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 Leros Municipal Airport and Falcone–Borsellino Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Leros Municipal Airport (LRS):

• The closest airport to Leros Municipal Airport (LRS) is Kos Island International Airport, Hippocrates (KGS), which is located 31 miles (51 kilometers) SSE of LRS.
• Because of Leros Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 39 feet, planes can take off or land at Leros Municipal 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.
• Leros Municipal Airport handled 29,109 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Leros Municipal Airport (LRS) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,412 miles (18,365 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
• Leros Municipal Airport (LRS) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Falcone–Borsellino Airport (PMO):

• Established in 1985, until 1994 GESAP operated exclusively as handler and supplier of ground services for Palermo airport, the management of which is directly assigned by the government and overseen by the District Airport Directorate.
• On 30 May 2004, ENAC awarded GESAP an "airport certificate" in recognition of the airport's full conformity with the regulations set down in ENAC's "regulations for the construction and management of airports".
• Falcone–Borsellino Airport (PMO) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Falcone–Borsellino Airport (PMO) is Vincenzo Florio Airport Trapani-Birgi (TPS), which is located 38 miles (61 kilometers) WSW of PMO.
• Falcone–Borsellino Airport handled 4,349,672 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Falcone–Borsellino Airport", another name for PMO is "Aeroporto Falcone e Borsellino".
• Because of Falcone–Borsellino Airport's relatively low elevation of 65 feet, planes can take off or land at Falcone–Borsellino 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 airport's rail facility, Punta Raisi railway station, is the northwestern terminus of Palermo metropolitan railway service.
• The furthest airport from Falcone–Borsellino Airport (PMO) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,805 miles (18,999 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Falcone–Borsellino Airport or simply Palermo Airport, formerly Punta Raisi Airport is located at Punta Raisi, 19 NM west northwest of Palermo, the capital city of the Italian island of Sicily.
• The airport was given the name Falcone–Borsellino in memory of the two leading anti-mafia judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino who were murdered by the mafia in 1992.