Nonstop flight route between Manistee, Michigan, United States and Knock, Ireland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Manistee County Blacker Airport (MBL), Manistee, Michigan, United States and Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC), Knock, Ireland would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,386 miles (or 5,450 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 Manistee County Blacker Airport and Ireland West Airport Knock, 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 Manistee County Blacker Airport and Ireland West Airport Knock. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MBL / KMBL |
Airport Name: | Manistee County Blacker Airport |
Location: | Manistee, Michigan, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 44°16'21"N by 86°14'48"W |
Area Served: | Manistee, Michigan / Ludington, Michigan |
Operator/Owner: | Manistee County-Blacker Airport Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 621 feet (189 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from MBL |
More Information: | MBL Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NOC / EIKN |
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Location: | Knock, Ireland |
GPS Coordinates: | 53°54'37"N by 8°49'6"W |
Area Served: | Connacht, Ireland |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 665 feet (203 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from NOC |
More Information: | NOC Maps & Info |
Facts about Manistee County Blacker Airport (MBL):
- Manistee County Blacker Airport (MBL) has 2 runways.
- Until March 2012 Frontier Airlines provided service to Milwaukee, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
- In May 2012, Public Charters Inc.
- The closest airport to Manistee County Blacker Airport (MBL) is Mason County Airport (LDM), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) SSW of MBL.
- Manistee County Blacker Airport is a public use airport located three nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Manistee, a city in Manistee County, Michigan, United States.
- As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 2,087 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 2,735 enplanements in 2009, and 3,413 in 2010.
- The furthest airport from Manistee County Blacker Airport (MBL) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,094 miles (17,853 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Because of Manistee County Blacker Airport's relatively low elevation of 621 feet, planes can take off or land at Manistee County Blacker 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 Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC):
- The furthest airport from Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,934 miles (19,206 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
- Ireland West Airport Knock is 5.6km south-west of Charlestown, County Mayo, Ireland.
- On 1 June 2003, hundreds of people gathered to view a Boeing 747 land with 500 returning pilgrims from Lourdes.
- In recent years Ryanair has grown operations and it is the largest airline to serve the airport with 14 scheduled routes.
- Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Ireland West Airport Knock's relatively low elevation of 665 feet, planes can take off or land at Ireland West Airport Knock 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 2013, Ryanair launched a weekly summer route to Malaga on thursdays.
- In addition to being known as "Ireland West Airport Knock", other names for NOC include "Horan International Airport" and "Aerfort Iarthar Éireann".
- Ireland West Airport Knock handled 665,000 passengers last year.
- In 2011, the month of August was the busiest in the airport's history with 84,052 passengers.
- In 2005 the airport changed its name to Ireland West Airport Knock.
- In 2008 a record 629,000 passengers used the airport, a 13% rise compared to the previous year.
- The closest airport to Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC) is Sligo Airport (SXL), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) NNE of NOC.