Nonstop flight route between West Palm Beach, Florida, United States and Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Palm Beach International Airport (PBI), West Palm Beach, Florida, United States and Guernsey Airport (GCI), Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,295 miles (or 6,912 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 Palm Beach International 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 Palm Beach International Airport and Guernsey Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Palm Beach International Airport (PBI):

• Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) has 3 runways.
• In 2003 the terminal was voted among the finest in the nation by readers of Conde Nast Traveler Magazine.
• The closest airport to Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) is Palm Beach County Park Airport (LNA), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) S of PBI.
• Because of Palm Beach International Airport's relatively low elevation of 19 feet, planes can take off or land at Palm Beach 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.
• Donald Trump sued to block the expansion of one of the runways at PBIA.
• Palm Beach International Airport handled 5,609,168 passengers last year.
• There is 1 Rescue/Pumper unit, 4 Airport Crash Trucks, 1 mobile command unit, 1 support truck, 1 airplane stair truck, and 3 Battalion Officer vehicles in the Battalion.
• Delta Air Lines began scheduled flights in 1959 and Capital Airlines in 1960.
• Competition from rapidly expanding Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport cut growth at the airport through the 1990s.
• The furthest airport from Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,588 miles (18,650 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.

Facts about Guernsey Airport (GCI):

• Guernsey Airport handled 886,396 passengers last year.
• A large number of single and twin-engined light and business aircraft are based at the airport.
• The airport currently runs two liaison groups.
• 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.
• Work started on a new terminal building in 2002, which became operational on 19 April 2004.
• The closest airport to Guernsey Airport (GCI) is Jersey Airport (JER), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) SE of GCI.
• The airport was officially opened on 5 May 1939.
• 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.