Nonstop flight route between Prestwick (near Glasgow), Scotland, United Kingdom and Catamarca, Catamarca, Argentina:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK), Prestwick (near Glasgow), Scotland, United Kingdom and Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport (CTC), Catamarca, Catamarca, Argentina would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,833 miles (or 10,996 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 Glasgow-Prestwick Airport and Coronel Felipe Varela International 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 Glasgow-Prestwick Airport and Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PIK / EGPK |
Airport Name: | Glasgow-Prestwick Airport |
Location: | Prestwick (near Glasgow), Scotland, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 55°30'33"N by 4°35'39"W |
Area Served: | Glasgow, Prestwick, Strathclyde, Scotland |
Operator/Owner: | Scottish Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 65 feet (20 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from PIK |
More Information: | PIK Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CTC / SANC |
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Location: | Catamarca, Catamarca, Argentina |
GPS Coordinates: | 28°35'35"S by 65°45'2"W |
Area Served: | Catamarca, Catamarca Province, Argentina |
Operator/Owner: | Government and Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1522 feet (464 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CTC |
More Information: | CTC Maps & Info |
Facts about Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK):
- The furthest airport from Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,764 miles (18,932 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
- Because of Glasgow-Prestwick Airport's relatively low elevation of 65 feet, planes can take off or land at Glasgow-Prestwick 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.
- 1992 marked the beginning of a renaissance for the struggling airport when purchased by "Canadian entrepreneur" Matthew Hudson in a "dramatic rescue".
- Glasgow-Prestwick Airport handled 1,145,836 passengers last year.
- There had been proposed plans drawn up pre-war for the post war years which would have been classed as extremely ambitious, especially in the austere post-war years.
- The closest airport to Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK) is Glasgow International Airport (GLA), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) NNE of PIK.
- Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK) has 2 runways.
- The United States Air Force operated a base in 1952 on the site of the original airport using former Royal Air Force facilities 1631st Air Base Squadron), and in 1953 on the Monkton side of the airport, both used by the USAF MATS.
- The car park and A79 outside the terminal building have been reconstructed to comply with governmental movement and access restrictions mandated in the aftermath of the Glasgow International Airport terrorist attack.
- After British Airways had ceased regular passenger operations in 1983, BA continued to intermittently use Prestwick as a site for pilot training, especially for training Concorde pilots.
Facts about Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport (CTC):
- Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport is an airport in Catamarca Province, Argentina serving the city of San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca.
- In addition to being known as "Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport", another name for CTC is "Aeropuerto Coronel Felipe Varela".
- Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport (CTC) currently has only 1 runway.
- It was built in 1972, and was officially inaugurated with an Aerolíneas Argentinas Boeing 737 flight on 3 January 1973.
- Since 1999, it has been operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000.
- The closest airport to Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport (CTC) is Capitán Vicente Almandos Almonacid Airport (IRJ), which is located 83 miles (134 kilometers) SW of CTC.
- The furthest airport from Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport (CTC) is Yichun Mingyueshan Airport (YIC), which is nearly antipodal to Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport (meaning Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Yichun Mingyueshan Airport), and is located 12,382 miles (19,927 kilometers) away in Yichun, Jiangxi, China.