Nonstop flight route between Prague, Czech Republic and New York City, New York, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Prague Vaclav Havel Airport (PRG), Prague, Czech Republic and John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), New York City, New York, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,071 miles (or 6,551 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 Prague Vaclav Havel Airport and John F. Kennedy 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 Prague Vaclav Havel Airport and John F. Kennedy International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Prague Vaclav Havel Airport (PRG):

• Prague Vaclav Havel Airport (PRG) has 3 runways.
• The closest airport to Prague Vaclav Havel Airport (PRG) is Vodochody Airport (VOD), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) NE of PRG.
• Other awards were granted for modernisation during individual airport development phases.
• Prague Vaclav Havel Airport handled 10,974,196 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Prague Vaclav Havel Airport (PRG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,771 miles (18,944 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• As the capacity of the airport has been reaching its limit for the last couple of years, further development of the airport is being considered.
• In addition to being known as "Prague Vaclav Havel Airport", another name for PRG is "Letiště Václava Havla Praha".

Facts about John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK):

• In 1951, JFK averaged 73 daily airline operations.
• The furthest airport from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,764 miles (18,933 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) has 4 runways.
• Aircraft service facilities include seven aircraft hangars, an engine overhaul building, a 32-million-US-gallon aircraft fuel storage facility, and a truck garage.
• Because of John F. Kennedy International Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at John F. Kennedy 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.
• JFK was designed for aircraft up to 300,000-pound gross weight and had to be modified in the late 1960s to accommodate Boeing 747s.
• The closest airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) is Flushing Airport (closed 1984) (FLU), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) NNW of JFK.
• John F. Kennedy International Airport handled 50,423,765 passengers last year.
• The Port Authority leased the airport property from the City of New York in 1947 and maintains this lease today.
• The terminal buildings, with the exception of the former Tower Air terminal, are arranged in a deformed U-shaped wavy pattern around a central area containing parking, a power plant, and other airport facilities.