Nonstop flight route between Cork, Ireland and Monticello, Iowa, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Cork Airport (ORK), Cork, Ireland and Monticello Regional Airport (MXO), Monticello, Iowa, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,736 miles (or 6,013 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 Cork Airport and Monticello Regional 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 Cork Airport and Monticello Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Cork Airport (ORK):

• From its opening in 1961 the airport was managed by the Department of Transport and Power, now the Department of Transport.
• Parallel plans for the road network and public transport infrastructure also exist – to cope with increasing passenger traffic.
• Cork Airport (ORK) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Cork Airport (ORK) is Bantry Aerodrome (BYT), which is located 44 miles (71 kilometers) WSW of ORK.
• There are two hotels located adjacent to the passenger terminal Cork International Airport Hotel, located in the business park, and a Park Inn by Radisson located directly opposite the terminal on airport grounds.
• In 1975 Aer Rianta, the then state airports authority, undertook a passenger terminal study aimed at improving the terminal facilities.
• In addition to being known as "Cork Airport", another name for ORK is "Aerfort Chorcaí".
• The furthest airport from Cork Airport (ORK) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is nearly antipodal to Cork Airport (meaning Cork Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ryan's Creek Aerodrome), and is located 12,063 miles (19,413 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• On 11 April 2008, the board of Cork Airport Authority agreed by one vote to accept responsibility for a debt of €113 million incurred by the Dublin Airport Authority in the redevelopment of Cork Airport to secure independence from Dublin Airport.
• Cork Airport handled 2,340,141 passengers last year.
• Because of Cork Airport's relatively low elevation of 502 feet, planes can take off or land at Cork 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 Monticello Regional Airport (MXO):

• Because of Monticello Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 833 feet, planes can take off or land at Monticello Regional 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 furthest airport from Monticello Regional Airport (MXO) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,906 miles (17,551 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Monticello Regional Airport (MXO) is Dubuque Regional Airport (DBQ), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) ENE of MXO.
• Monticello Regional Airport (MXO) has 2 runways.