Nonstop flight route between Providence, Rhode Island, United States and Cork, Ireland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between T. F. Green Airport (PVD), Providence, Rhode Island, United States and Cork Airport (ORK), Cork, Ireland would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,961 miles (or 4,765 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 T. F. Green Airport and Cork 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 T. F. Green Airport and Cork Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | PVD / KPVD |
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| Location: | Providence, Rhode Island, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 41°43'26"N by 71°25'41"W |
| Area Served: | Providence |
| Operator/Owner: | State of Rhode Island |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 55 feet (17 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from PVD |
| More Information: | PVD Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | ORK / EICK |
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| Location: | Cork, Ireland |
| GPS Coordinates: | 51°50'29"N by 8°29'27"W |
| Area Served: | Cork City, Ireland |
| Operator/Owner: | Government of Ireland |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 502 feet (153 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from ORK |
| More Information: | ORK Maps & Info |
Facts about T. F. Green Airport (PVD):
- Because of T. F. Green Airport's relatively low elevation of 55 feet, planes can take off or land at T. F. Green 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 Rhode Island Airport Corporation owns some residential property on the eastern side of the airport near the Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting building.
- T. F. Green Airport (PVD) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to T. F. Green Airport (PVD) is North Central State Airport (SFZ), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) NNW of PVD.
- The furthest airport from T. F. Green Airport (PVD) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,792 miles (18,977 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- After the September 11th attacks, T.F.
- In addition to being known as "T. F. Green Airport", another name for PVD is "Theodore Francis Green Memorial State Airport".
- FedEx Express currently operates a daily Boeing 757-200 flight to T.F.
Facts about Cork Airport (ORK):
- Passenger numbers at Cork Airport increased every year during the ten years between 1998 and 2008 by an average of 14.8% per annum from around 1.3 million to over 3.2 million.
- Cork Airport (ORK) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Cork Airport (ORK) is Bantry Aerodrome (BYT), which is located 44 miles (71 kilometers) WSW of ORK.
- Cork Airport has a development plan that describes an effective trebling in size of the current airport.
- In 1957 the Government of Ireland agreed in principle to the building of an airport for Cork.
- Cork Airport handled 2,340,141 passengers last year.
- From its opening in 1961 the airport was managed by the Department of Transport and Power, now the Department of Transport.
- In addition to being known as "Cork Airport", another name for ORK is "Aerfort Chorcaí".
- The furthest airport from Cork Airport (ORK) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is nearly antipodal to Cork Airport (meaning Cork Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ryan's Creek Aerodrome), and is located 12,063 miles (19,413 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
- On 11 April 2008, the board of Cork Airport Authority agreed by one vote to accept responsibility for a debt of €113 million incurred by the Dublin Airport Authority in the redevelopment of Cork Airport to secure independence from Dublin Airport.
- Because of Cork Airport's relatively low elevation of 502 feet, planes can take off or land at Cork 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.
- Cork Airport is one of the three principal international airports of Ireland, along with Dublin and Shannon.
