Nonstop flight route between Knock, Ireland and Wageningen, Suriname:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC), Knock, Ireland and Wageningen Airstrip (AGI), Wageningen, Suriname would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,260 miles (or 6,856 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 Ireland West Airport Knock and Wageningen Airstrip, 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 Ireland West Airport Knock and Wageningen Airstrip. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC):

• 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.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Ireland West Airport Knock", other names for NOC include "Horan International Airport" and "Aerfort Iarthar Éireann".
• On 21 February 2007, the Government of Ireland announced that it was making a €27 million capital grant.
• Ireland West Airport Knock handled 665,000 passengers last year.
• The airport is on the main N17 north – south road, halfway between Galway and Sligo, close to the junction with the N5 east – west Westport – Castlebar – Longford road.
• Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.
• In November 2011 Ryanair announced flights to Beauvais-Tillé, Frankfurt Hahn, Bergamo-Orio al Serio and Girona-Costa Brava from March 2012.

Facts about Wageningen Airstrip (AGI):

• Because of Wageningen Airstrip's relatively low elevation of 6 feet, planes can take off or land at Wageningen Airstrip 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 closest airport to Wageningen Airstrip (AGI) is Totness Airstrip (TOT), which is located 22 miles (36 kilometers) ENE of AGI.
• The furthest airport from Wageningen Airstrip (AGI) is Betoambari Airport (BUW), which is nearly antipodal to Wageningen Airstrip (meaning Wageningen Airstrip is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Betoambari Airport), and is located 12,379 miles (19,921 kilometers) away in Bau-Bau, Buton, Indonesia.