Nonstop flight route between Stanley, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom and Kaunas, Lithuania:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Port Stanley Airport (PSY), Stanley, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom and Kaunas International Airport (KUN), Kaunas, Lithuania would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,727 miles (or 14,044 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 Port Stanley Airport and Kaunas 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 Port Stanley Airport and Kaunas 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: | PSY / SFAL |
Airport Name: | Port Stanley Airport |
Location: | Stanley, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°41'8"S by 57°46'39"W |
Operator/Owner: | Falkland Islands Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 75 feet (23 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from PSY |
More Information: | PSY Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KUN / EYKA |
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Location: | Kaunas, Lithuania |
GPS Coordinates: | 54°57'50"N by 24°5'4"E |
Area Served: | Kaunas, Lithuania |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Transport and Communications |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 256 feet (78 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KUN |
More Information: | KUN Maps & Info |
Facts about Port Stanley Airport (PSY):
- Because of Port Stanley Airport's relatively low elevation of 75 feet, planes can take off or land at Port Stanley 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.
- The closest airport to Port Stanley Airport (PSY) is RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN), which is located 30 miles (49 kilometers) WSW of PSY.
- During the Falklands War of 1982, Argentine forces occupied the airport.
- Port Stanley Airport (PSY) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Port Stanley Airport (PSY) is Mohe Gulian Airport (OHE), which is nearly antipodal to Port Stanley Airport (meaning Port Stanley Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mohe Gulian Airport), and is located 12,351 miles (19,877 kilometers) away in Mohe, Heilongjiang, China.
- After the war, the Royal Air Force took over the airport, renaming it RAF Stanley.
Facts about Kaunas International Airport (KUN):
- The furthest airport from Kaunas International Airport (KUN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,242 miles (18,092 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- In 2012 the airport handled 830,268 passengers where 99% of the flow were international passengers travelling on scheduled services.
- The closest airport to Kaunas International Airport (KUN) is Vilnius International Airport (VNO), which is located 53 miles (85 kilometers) ESE of KUN.
- The airport is on Eastern European Time.
- Because of Kaunas International Airport's relatively low elevation of 256 feet, planes can take off or land at Kaunas 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.
- The ground level is designated arrival area and fully complies with Schengen regulations.
- Kaunas International Airport, is the second busiest civil airport in Lithuania after Vilnius Airport and the fourth busiest in the Baltic states.
- In addition to being known as "Kaunas International Airport", another name for KUN is "Kauno Oro uostas".
- Ryanair, is the main passenger carrier at the airport, which gradually expanded its network there since 2005, when the airline first time landed at the airport.
- Kaunas International Airport (KUN) currently has only 1 runway.