Nonstop flight route between Oxford, Connecticut, United States and Kiryat Shmona (Qiryat Shemona), Israel:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Waterbury-Oxford Airport (OXC), Oxford, Connecticut, United States and Kiryat Shmona Airport (KSW), Kiryat Shmona (Qiryat Shemona), Israel would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,576 miles (or 8,974 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 Waterbury-Oxford Airport and Kiryat Shmona 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 Waterbury-Oxford Airport and Kiryat Shmona Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Waterbury-Oxford Airport (OXC):

• A small experimental aircraft crashed while landing.
• The state of Connecticut refuses to allow scheduled air carriers to operate out of Oxford, instead redirecting prospective airlines to Bradley International Airport and Tweed-New Haven Airport.
• The closest airport to Waterbury-Oxford Airport (OXC) is Danbury Municipal Airport (DXR), which is located only 19 miles (31 kilometers) WSW of OXC.
• Waterbury-Oxford Airport (OXC) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Waterbury-Oxford Airport's relatively low elevation of 726 feet, planes can take off or land at Waterbury-Oxford 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 Waterbury-Oxford Airport (OXC) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,749 miles (18,907 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Exactly one year after the previous incident, a small light sport aircraft reported it was experiencing an engine failure.

Facts about Kiryat Shmona Airport (KSW):

• The next closest airport is Ben Ya'akov near Rosh Pina, 30 km south.
• The furthest airport from Kiryat Shmona Airport (KSW) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,579 miles (18,635 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
• Tamir Airways announced that it would stop flying to Upper Galilee shortly before the Second Lebanon War broke out, but they changed their mind because they saw it as a "mission of national importance".
• Because of Kiryat Shmona Airport's relatively low elevation of 376 feet, planes can take off or land at Kiryat Shmona 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 Kiryat Shmona Airport (KSW) is Beirut Air Base (BEY), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) N of KSW.
• Arkia handled domestic flights until end of 2003, when it closed down due to a lack of passenger traffic.
• Kiryat Shmona Airport (KSW) currently has only 1 runway.