Nonstop flight route between Knock, Ireland and Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC), Knock, Ireland and Hong Kong International Airport (HKG), Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,171 miles (or 9,931 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 Hong Kong International 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 Ireland West Airport Knock and Hong Kong International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | NOC / EIKN | 
| Airport Names: | 
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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 | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | HKG / VHHH | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 22°18'32"N by 113°54'51"E | 
| Area Served: | Hong Kong | 
| Operator/Owner: | Airport Authority Hong Kong | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 28 feet (9 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 2 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from HKG | 
| More Information: | HKG Maps & Info | 
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.
- Ireland West Airport Knock handled 665,000 passengers last year.
- 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 (NOC) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC) is Sligo Airport (SXL), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) NNE of NOC.
- In 2005 the airport changed its name to Ireland West Airport Knock.
- Since 2003, flag-carrier, low-cost and regional airlines including Aer Lingus, MyTravelLite, Bmibaby, Ryanair, Aer Arann, flybe, Lufthansa and EasyJet have added routes to the UK and mainland Europe.
- 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.
Facts about Hong Kong International Airport (HKG):
- The furthest airport from Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) is Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza International Airport (TJA), which is nearly antipodal to Hong Kong International Airport (meaning Hong Kong International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza International Airport), and is located 12,334 miles (19,850 kilometers) away in Tarija, Bolivia.
- Because of Hong Kong International Airport's relatively low elevation of 28 feet, planes can take off or land at Hong Kong International 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.
- Control tower seen from an aircraft
- The closest airport to Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) is Shun Tak Heliport (HHP), which is located only 15 miles (25 kilometers) E of HKG.
- In addition to being known as "Hong Kong International Airport", other names for HKG include "Chek Lap Kok Airport" and "香港國際機場赤鱲角機場".
- Hong Kong International Airport covers an area of 1,255 hectares.
- At its opening, Terminal 1 was the largest airport passenger terminal building, with a total gross floor area of 531,000 m².
- Construction of the new airport was only part of the Airport Core Programme, which also involved construction of new road and rail links to the airport, with associated bridges and tunnels, and major land reclamation projects on both Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon.
- Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) has 2 runways.
- Hong Kong International Airport handled 59,900,000 passengers last year.
- SkyPlaza at the Hong Kong International Airport Terminal 2 ceiling




