Nonstop flight route between Cork, Ireland and Tehran, Iran:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Cork Airport (ORK), Cork, Ireland and Mehrabad Airport (THR), Tehran, Iran would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,087 miles (or 4,968 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 Mehrabad 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 Mehrabad Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ORK / EICK |
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Location: | Cork, Ireland |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°50'29"N by 8°29'27"W |
Area Served: | Cork City, Ireland |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Ireland |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 502 feet (153 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from ORK |
More Information: | ORK Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | THR / OIII |
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Location: | Tehran, Iran |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°41'21"N by 51°18'48"E |
Area Served: | Tehran, Karaj |
Airport Type: | Joint (Public/Military) |
Elevation: | 3962 feet (1,208 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from THR |
More Information: | THR Maps & Info |
Facts about Cork Airport (ORK):
- Cork Airport has a long history of general aviation flying.
- A Great Southern Hotel was opened on the airport grounds during 2001, and plans were drawn up for the construction of a new terminal building and ancillary capital investment works at an estimated cost of €140 million.
- 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.
- The Irish Aviation Authority completed a new control tower 1 km from the old terminal to the west of the main runway.
- The main terminal at Cork Airport contains several shopping and eating facilities both before and after the security screening area, a bank with bureau de change service and an executive lounge.
- Cork Airport (ORK) has 2 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Cork Airport", another name for ORK is "Aerfort Chorcaí".
- 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.
- The closest airport to Cork Airport (ORK) is Bantry Aerodrome (BYT), which is located 44 miles (71 kilometers) WSW of ORK.
- Cork Airport handled 2,340,141 passengers last year.
- The 1980s began with an extension of the main apron.
Facts about Mehrabad Airport (THR):
- The airport was first time used as an airfield for aviation club planes in 1938, then after World War II along with becoming internationally recognized by joining Iran civil aviation organization to the ICAO in 1949, the airport also became an air force base.
- The furthest airport from Mehrabad Airport (THR) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 11,490 miles (18,491 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
- An aircraft engineering and maintenance company Fajr Ashian, has a maintenance hangar adjacent to main airport premises.
- The airport has the head offices of Iran Air and the Iran Civil Aviation Organization.
- The closest airport to Mehrabad Airport (THR) is Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKA), which is located 21 miles (34 kilometers) SSW of THR.
- Training, maintenance and engineering facilities of Iran Air and Iran Aseman Airlines are located at the airport.
- Mehrabad International Airport consists of six terminals, with Terminals 1,3 and 5 only used during Haj and Umrah seasons.
- Mehrabad Airport handled 13,163,368 passengers last year.
- Mehrabad Airport (THR) has 3 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Mehrabad Airport", another name for THR is "فرودگاه مهرآباد".