Nonstop flight route between Findlay (near Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania, United States and Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT), Findlay (near Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania, United States and Kerry Airport (KIR), Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,328 miles (or 5,356 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 Pittsburgh International Airport and Kerry 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 Pittsburgh International Airport and Kerry Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | PIT / KPIT |
| Airport Name: | Pittsburgh International Airport |
| Location: | Findlay (near Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 40°29'29"N by 80°13'58"W |
| Area Served: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Operator/Owner: | Allegheny County |
| Airport Type: | Public / Military |
| Elevation: | 1204 feet (367 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 4 |
| View all routes: | Routes from PIT |
| More Information: | PIT Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | KIR / EIKY |
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| Location: | Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland |
| GPS Coordinates: | 52°10'50"N by 9°31'26"W |
| Area Served: | Tralee / Killarney, Ireland |
| Operator/Owner: | Kerry Airport Plc |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 112 feet (34 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from KIR |
| More Information: | KIR Maps & Info |
Facts about Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT):
- In 1972 rotundas were added to the end of each dock to expand the number of gates.
- Since 1997, US Airways has maintained its OpsCenter in the metro Pittsburgh area.
- The closest airport to Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) is Forbes Field (FOE), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) ESE of PIT.
- The airport was designed by a local architect named Joseph W.
- After passing through the security checkpoint, passengers board one of two underground people movers that travel to the Airside Terminal, where all departure gates are located.
- The 1956 airport diagram shows runway 10/28 7500 ft, 5/23 5766 ft and 14/32 5965 ft.
- Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) has 4 runways.
- The furthest airport from Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,481 miles (18,477 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- During the planning phases there were provisions for a future second airside terminal that would be placed beyond the current "X" shaped airside terminal with a "Y" shape.
Facts about Kerry Airport (KIR):
- In January 2011, it was announced that 20 of the airport's 65 staff would be made redundant due to a fall in passenger numbers following Ryanair's withdrawal from its PSO contract.
- An airport bus terminal opened in January 2006 which has hourly bus service to Cork, Limerick, Tralee and Killarney.
- The closest airport to Kerry Airport (KIR) is Bantry Aerodrome (BYT), which is located 35 miles (57 kilometers) S of KIR.
- Kerry Airport was incorporated as a public limited company in July 1968 with its main objective of building and managing an airport at Farranfore.
- Kerry Airport (KIR) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Kerry Airport (KIR) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is nearly antipodal to Kerry Airport (meaning Kerry Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ryan's Creek Aerodrome), and is located 12,057 miles (19,403 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
- In addition to being known as "Kerry Airport", another name for KIR is "Aerfort Chiarraí".
- Kerry Airport handled 272,799 passengers last year.
- Encouraged by the apparent success of other regional airports in Ireland, the board of directors drew up a development plan to lengthen and widen the runway to 1,200m x 30m and to extend and upgrade the Terminal Buildings and to install an Instrument Landing System and appropriate lighting.
- Car hire and taxi services are available at the airport.
- Because of Kerry Airport's relatively low elevation of 112 feet, planes can take off or land at Kerry 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.
