Nonstop flight route between Salt Lake City, Utah, United States and Farnborough, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC), Salt Lake City, Utah, United States and Farnborough Airport (FAB), Farnborough, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,852 miles (or 7,808 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 Salt Lake City International Airport and Farnborough 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 Salt Lake City International Airport and Farnborough Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SLC / KSLC |
| Airport Name: | Salt Lake City International Airport |
| Location: | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 40°47'17"N by 111°58'40"W |
| Area Served: | Northern Utah area and beyond |
| Operator/Owner: | Salt Lake City |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 4227 feet (1,288 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 4 |
| View all routes: | Routes from SLC |
| More Information: | SLC Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | FAB / EGLF |
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| Location: | Farnborough, United Kingdom |
| GPS Coordinates: | 51°16'31"N by 0°46'39"W |
| Area Served: | Farnborough, Aldershot |
| Operator/Owner: | Techniques d'Avant Garde (TAG) |
| Airport Type: | Private |
| Elevation: | 238 feet (73 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from FAB |
| More Information: | FAB Maps & Info |
Facts about Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC):
- During the 1980s the airport saw further expansion to both terminals as well as runway extension.
- Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) has 4 runways.
- The closest airport to Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) is Skypark Airport (BTF), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) NNE of SLC.
- Because of Salt Lake City International Airport's high elevation of 4,227 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SLC. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SLC a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The airport is the fourth largest and westernmost hub for Delta Air Lines and a hub for Delta Connection carrier SkyWest Airlines and with nearly 300 daily departures, accounting for a 73.69% market share in 2013.
- Salt Lake City International Airport handled 20,102,078 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,958 miles (17,635 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Recently the airport has upgraded its access roads and parking facilities in preparation for a new terminal.
- For several years the new field was used mainly for training and aerobatic flights.
- Despite being the twenty-eighth busiest airport in the world in terms of aircraft operations, the airport still maintains a large general aviation presence.
- In addition to the 328-foot-tall Air Traffic Control Tower, TRACON is also located on the airport with the Salt Lake Air Route Traffic Control Center located adjacent to the airport.
Facts about Farnborough Airport (FAB):
- Farnborough Airport (FAB) currently has only 1 runway.
- Farnborough Airfield appeared in the 2008 James Bond film Quantum of Solace, as the Austrian airport from which Bond flies.
- Because of Farnborough Airport's relatively low elevation of 238 feet, planes can take off or land at Farnborough 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.
- Membership does not give any additional rights compared to other members of the public but facilitates frequent contact between the police and enthusiasts.
- In addition to being known as "Farnborough Airport", another name for FAB is "TAG London Farnborough Airport".
- The closest airport to Farnborough Airport (FAB) is Blackbushe Airport (BBS), which is located only 5 miles (7 kilometers) NW of FAB.
- The airport was originally restricted to 28,000 movements each year, of which no more than 2,500 were permitted at weekends.
- The furthest airport from Farnborough Airport (FAB) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,884 miles (19,125 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- TAG Aviation is a multinational business aviation operator, with aircraft based in Farnborough, Switzerland, and Madrid.
- After TAG took control of the airport from the MOD, it invested in a series of new infrastructure projects, including a new radar unit and a resurfaced runway.
