Nonstop flight route between Anacortes, Washington, United States and Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from OTS to GCI:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- OTS Airport Information
- GCI Airport Information
- Facts about OTS
- Facts about GCI
- Map of Nearest Airports to OTS
- List of Nearest Airports to OTS
- Map of Furthest Airports from OTS
- List of Furthest Airports from OTS
- Map of Nearest Airports to GCI
- List of Nearest Airports to GCI
- Map of Furthest Airports from GCI
- List of Furthest Airports from GCI
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Anacortes Airport (OTS), Anacortes, Washington, United States and Guernsey Airport (GCI), Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,790 miles (or 7,708 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 Anacortes Airport and Guernsey 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 Anacortes Airport and Guernsey Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | OTS / |
| Airport Names: |
|
| Location: | Anacortes, Washington, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 48°29'56"N by 122°39'44"W |
| Area Served: | Anacortes, Washington |
| Operator/Owner: | Port of Anacortes |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 241 feet (73 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from OTS |
| More Information: | OTS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | GCI / EGJB |
| Airport Name: | Guernsey Airport |
| Location: | Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom |
| GPS Coordinates: | 49°26'4"N by 2°36'6"W |
| Area Served: | Guernsey |
| Operator/Owner: | States of Guernsey |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 336 feet (102 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from GCI |
| More Information: | GCI Maps & Info |
Facts about Anacortes Airport (OTS):
- Because of Anacortes Airport's relatively low elevation of 241 feet, planes can take off or land at Anacortes 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.
- In addition to being known as "Anacortes Airport", another name for OTS is "74S".
- Anacortes Airport (OTS) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Anacortes Airport (OTS) is Center Island Airport (CWS), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) W of OTS.
- The furthest airport from Anacortes Airport (OTS) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,721 miles (17,253 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
Facts about Guernsey Airport (GCI):
- The closest airport to Guernsey Airport (GCI) is Jersey Airport (JER), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) SE of GCI.
- Because of Guernsey Airport's relatively low elevation of 336 feet, planes can take off or land at Guernsey 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.
- Guernsey Airport (GCI) currently has only 1 runway.
- Flybe are unable to operate their Embraer 195 aircraft into Guernsey due to the low strength of the runway, and elected to operate the smaller de Havilland Dash 8s.
- Guernsey Airport handled 886,396 passengers last year.
- On 7 December 1997 an F-27 operated by AirUK arriving from Southampton overshot the runway while landing in high cross winds.
- The furthest airport from Guernsey Airport (GCI) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is nearly antipodal to Guernsey Airport (meaning Guernsey Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Dunedin International Airport), and is located 12,024 miles (19,350 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- Sufficient progress on these works has taken place to enable Flybe to introduce an Embraer 175 jet on their existing Gatwick service from 31 March 2013.
