Nonstop flight route between Lviv, Ukraine and Shemya, Alaska, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport (LWO), Lviv, Ukraine and Eareckson Air Station (SYA), Shemya, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,141 miles (or 8,274 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 Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport and Eareckson Air Station, 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 Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport and Eareckson Air Station. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LWO / UKLL |
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Location: | Lviv, Ukraine |
GPS Coordinates: | 49°48'45"N by 23°57'21"E |
Area Served: | Lviv |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1071 feet (326 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from LWO |
More Information: | LWO Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SYA / PASY |
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Location: | Shemya, Alaska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°42'43"N by 174°6'48"E |
Operator/Owner: | U.S. Air Force |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 97 feet (30 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SYA |
More Information: | SYA Maps & Info |
Facts about Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport (LWO):
- The airfield was the site of the Sknyliv air show disaster in 2002, which killed 77.
- The closest airport to Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport (LWO) is Ivano-Frankivsk International Airport (IFO), which is located 72 miles (116 kilometers) SSE of LWO.
- The furthest airport from Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport (LWO) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,390 miles (18,331 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Lviv International Airport or officially Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport is an airport in Lviv, Ukraine.
- In addition to being known as "Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport", other names for LWO include "Міжнародний аеропорт «Львів» імені Данила Галицького" and "LWO[1]".
Facts about Eareckson Air Station (SYA):
- Shemya also continued to support the Great Circle Route for MATS and later Military Airlift Command transports between Japan and Elmendorf AFB.
- In addition to being known as "Eareckson Air Station", other names for SYA include "Shemya Air Force Base", "Shemya Army Airfield" and " ".
- Because of Eareckson Air Station's relatively low elevation of 97 feet, planes can take off or land at Eareckson Air Station 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.
- In July 1973, Raytheon won a contract to build a system called COBRA DANE on Shemya.
- The spring of 1944 brought improving weather and the B-24s and PV-1s to fly more missions over the Kuriles.
- On 6 April 1993, Shemya Air Force Base was renamed Eareckson Air Station.
- The furthest airport from Eareckson Air Station (SYA) is Cape Town International Airport (CPT), which is located 10,668 miles (17,168 kilometers) away in Cape Town, South Africa.
- With the exception of a small station housekeeping unit, Shemya was abandoned after the war.
- Eareckson Air Station (SYA) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Eareckson Air Station (SYA) is Casco Cove Coast Guard Station (ATU), which is located 40 miles (65 kilometers) WNW of SYA.