Nonstop flight route between Shannon (County Clare), Ireland and Beru, Kiribati:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Shannon Airport (SNN), Shannon (County Clare), Ireland and Beru Island Airport (BEZ), Beru, Kiribati would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,878 miles (or 14,287 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 Shannon Airport and Beru Island 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 Shannon Airport and Beru Island Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SNN / EINN |
Airport Names: |
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Location: | Shannon (County Clare), Ireland |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°42'6"N by 8°55'28"W |
Area Served: | Limerick City, Ireland |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Ireland |
Airport Type: | Commercial |
Elevation: | 46 feet (14 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SNN |
More Information: | SNN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BEZ / NGBR |
Airport Name: | Beru Island Airport |
Location: | Beru, Kiribati |
GPS Coordinates: | 1°21'16"S by 176°0'25"E |
Area Served: | Beru Island |
Airport Type: | Public |
View all routes: | Routes from BEZ |
More Information: | BEZ Maps & Info |
Facts about Shannon Airport (SNN):
- Shannon Airport (SNN) currently has only 1 runway.
- In 1947, the "Customs Free Airport Act" established Shannon as the world's first duty-free airport.
- US Airways operated daily services to Philadelphia until 2008 using Boeing 757-200 aircraft.
- The longest runway in Ireland, at 3,199 metres, is located at Shannon.
- Ryanair increased services and passenger numbers at the airport through 2008.
- The closest airport to Shannon Airport (SNN) is Inisheer Aerodrome (INQ), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) NW of SNN.
- In 2011, passenger numbers at Shannon declined by 7.4% from 1,755,885, to 1,625,549.
- Because of Shannon Airport's relatively low elevation of 46 feet, planes can take off or land at Shannon 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.
- During the 1990s, the airport began to struggle.
- In addition to being known as "Shannon Airport", another name for SNN is "Aerfort na Sionainne".
- Shannon Airport handled 1,400,032 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Shannon Airport (SNN) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is nearly antipodal to Shannon Airport (meaning Shannon Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ryan's Creek Aerodrome), and is located 12,015 miles (19,336 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
Facts about Beru Island Airport (BEZ):
- The closest airport to Beru Island Airport (BEZ) is Arorae Island Airport (AIS), which is located 103 miles (166 kilometers) SSE of BEZ.
- The furthest airport from Beru Island Airport (BEZ) is Félix Houphouët-Boigny International Airport (ABJ), which is nearly antipodal to Beru Island Airport (meaning Beru Island Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Félix Houphouët-Boigny International Airport), and is located 12,167 miles (19,581 kilometers) away in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.