Nonstop flight route between Merowe, Sudan and Shannon (County Clare), Ireland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Merowe Airport (MWE), Merowe, Sudan and Shannon Airport (SNN), Shannon (County Clare), Ireland would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,219 miles (or 5,181 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 Merowe Airport and Shannon 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 Merowe Airport and Shannon Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Merowe Airport (MWE):

• The furthest airport from Merowe Airport (MWE) is Fa'a'ā International Airport (PPT), which is nearly antipodal to Merowe Airport (meaning Merowe Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Fa'a'ā International Airport), and is located 12,324 miles (19,833 kilometers) away in Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia.
• The closest airport to Merowe Airport (MWE) is Ad-Dabbah Airport (AAD), which is located 64 miles (103 kilometers) WSW of MWE.

Facts about Shannon Airport (SNN):

• When World War II ended, the airport was ready to be used by the many new post-war commercial airlines of Europe and North America.
• Because of Shannon Airport's relatively low elevation of 46 feet, planes can take off or land at Shannon 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.
• Shannon Airport (SNN) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Shannon Airport (SNN) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is nearly antipodal to Shannon Airport (meaning Shannon Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ryan's Creek Aerodrome), and is located 12,015 miles (19,336 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• Aer Arann launched services to 4 UK destinations in 2010 under the Aer Lingus Regional Banner.
• Shannon continued to expand during the Celtic Tiger years with many services operated to the US and Canada.
• In the late 1930s, transatlantic air traffic was dominated by flying boats, and a flying boat terminal was located at Foynes on the south side of the Shannon Estuary.
• The longest runway in Ireland, at 3,199 metres, is located at Shannon.
• The closest airport to Shannon Airport (SNN) is Inisheer Aerodrome (INQ), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) NW of SNN.
• Shannon Airport handled 1,400,032 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Shannon Airport", another name for SNN is "Aerfort na Sionainne".
• It has been hinted that a route to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol or Frankfurt Airport could commence in 2015.