Nonstop flight route between Prestwick (near Glasgow), Scotland, United Kingdom and Karaganda, Kazakhstan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK), Prestwick (near Glasgow), Scotland, United Kingdom and Sary-Arka Airport (KGF), Karaganda, Kazakhstan would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,121 miles (or 5,023 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 Sary-Arka 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 Sary-Arka 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: | KGF / UAKK |
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Location: | Karaganda, Kazakhstan |
GPS Coordinates: | 49°40'17"N by 73°20'11"E |
Area Served: | Karaganda |
Operator/Owner: | Sky Service LLP |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1765 feet (538 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KGF |
More Information: | KGF Maps & Info |
Facts about Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK):
- 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.
- On 1 April 2014, The Robert Burns World Federation told Scottish MPs at Holyrood to rename the airport to Robert Burns International Airport a petition was created to rename it as well and was discussed by the public petition committee.
- 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 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.
- Glasgow-Prestwick Airport handled 1,145,836 passengers last year.
- 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.
- On 6 July 2005, Prestwick Airport became the entry point for the participants in the 31st G8 summit held in Gleneagles.
- 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.
Facts about Sary-Arka Airport (KGF):
- The furthest airport from Sary-Arka Airport (KGF) is Teniente Julio Gallardo Airfield (PNT), which is located 10,949 miles (17,621 kilometers) away in Puerto Natales, Chile.
- Sary-Arka Airport (KGF) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Sary-Arka Airport (KGF) is Astana International Airport (TSE), which is located 124 miles (200 kilometers) NW of KGF.
- In addition to being known as "Sary-Arka Airport", other names for KGF include "Сарыарқа әуежайы" and "аэропорт Сары-Арка".