Nonstop flight route between Fort Myers, Florida, United States and Carrickfinn, Ireland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW), Fort Myers, Florida, United States and Donegal Airport (CFN), Carrickfinn, Ireland would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,088 miles (or 6,579 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 Southwest Florida International Airport and Donegal 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 Southwest Florida International Airport and Donegal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW):

• Because of Southwest Florida International Airport's relatively low elevation of 30 feet, planes can take off or land at Southwest Florida 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.
• For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2011, the airport had 83,385 aircraft operations, an average of 228 per day.
• A new $16 million Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting facility opened in July 2013.
• The furthest airport from Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,486 miles (18,485 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) is Page Field (FMY), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) WNW of RSW.
• Southwest Florida International Airport handled 7,637,801 passengers last year.
• Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Donegal Airport (CFN):

• In October 2011, Aer Arann ceased operations at Donegal due to the loss of the Dublin PSO contract.
• Due to the large gas field in the area, non-scheduled chartered Helicopter flights connect to the multiple offshore installations.
• Donegal Airport (CFN) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Donegal Airport (CFN) is City of Derry Airport (LDY), which is located 47 miles (75 kilometers) E of CFN.
• The furthest airport from Donegal Airport (CFN) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,853 miles (19,076 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Donegal Airport", another name for CFN is "Aerfort Dhún na nGall".
• Because of Donegal Airport's relatively low elevation of 30 feet, planes can take off or land at Donegal 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.
• Until the mid-1980s, the runway was a grass strip.