Nonstop flight route between Madras, Oregon, United States and Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Madras Municipal AirportMadras Army Airfield (MDJ), Madras, Oregon, United States and Guernsey Airport (GCI), Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,958 miles (or 7,979 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 Madras Municipal AirportMadras Army Airfield and Guernsey 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 Madras Municipal AirportMadras Army Airfield and Guernsey Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Madras Municipal AirportMadras Army Airfield (MDJ):

• In addition to being known as "Madras Municipal AirportMadras Army Airfield", another name for MDJ is "S33".
• The furthest airport from Madras Municipal AirportMadras Army Airfield (MDJ) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,926 miles (17,583 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• The closest airport to Madras Municipal AirportMadras Army Airfield (MDJ) is Roberts Field (RDM), which is located 29 miles (46 kilometers) S of MDJ.
• Madras Municipal AirportMadras Army Airfield (MDJ) has 2 runways.

Facts about Guernsey Airport (GCI):

• Guernsey Airport (GCI) currently has only 1 runway.
• On 12 January 1999 a F-27 operating a cargo flight for Channel Express arriving from Luton crashed short of runway 27 after deploying full flap on approach.
• Guernsey Airport handled 886,396 passengers last year.
• A large number of single and twin-engined light and business aircraft are based at the airport.
• Because of Guernsey Airport's relatively low elevation of 336 feet, planes can take off or land at Guernsey 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 proposal is to add runway safety areas, RESAs, extend the take-off section by 120 m, and displace the landing section to the west, the first of a two phase runway extension.
• The closest airport to Guernsey Airport (GCI) is Jersey Airport (JER), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) SE of GCI.
• The furthest airport from Guernsey Airport (GCI) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is nearly antipodal to Guernsey Airport (meaning Guernsey Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Dunedin International Airport), and is located 12,024 miles (19,350 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• The airport was officially opened on 5 May 1939.
• In 1960 there were four grass runways, with lengths ranging from 2,040 ft to 3,060 ft.