Nonstop flight route between Shannon (County Clare), Ireland and Miami, Florida, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Shannon Airport (SNN), Shannon (County Clare), Ireland and Miami International Airport (MIA), Miami, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,051 miles (or 6,520 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 Miami 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 Shannon Airport and Miami International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Shannon Airport (SNN):

• The closest airport to Shannon Airport (SNN) is Inisheer Aerodrome (INQ), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) NW of SNN.
• In 1966, Aer Lingus began service between Shannon and Chicago, with a stop in Montréal, Canada.
• In November 2012, Aer Lingus also confirmed a new three-times-weekly service to Faro, Portugal, operating from May to September with an Airbus A320, strengthening Shannon's summer-sun destinations.
• 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.
• Shannon Airport handled 1,400,032 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Shannon Airport", another name for SNN is "Aerfort na Sionainne".
• The 1980s saw a number of new airlines arrive at Shannon.
• Shannon Airport (SNN) currently has only 1 runway.
• In 1990, the US-Irish bilateral agreement was changed to allow Irish airlines to serve Los Angeles and additional US airlines to serve Dublin via Shannon.
• 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.
• Ryanair increased services and passenger numbers at the airport through 2008.

Facts about Miami International Airport (MIA):

• The North Terminal construction began in 1998 and was slated for completion in 2005, but was delayed several times due to cost overruns.
• Miami International Airport (MIA) has 4 runways.
• The furthest airport from Miami International Airport (MIA) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,575 miles (18,628 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• Miami International Airport handled 40,500,000 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Miami International Airport (MIA) is Miami Seaplane Base (MPB), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) E of MIA.
• The North Terminal consists of one concourse, Concourse D, a 3,600,000-square-foot linear concourse 1.2 miles long with a capacity of 30 million passengers annually.
• Fire protection at the airport is provided by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department Station 12.
• In 1945 the City of Miami established a Port Authority and raised bond revenue to purchase the airport, which had been renamed 36th Street Airport, from Pan Am.
• The free MIA Mover connects the airport with the Miami Intermodal Center, where the car rental facility and bus terminal has relocated.
• Because of Miami International Airport's relatively low elevation of 8 feet, planes can take off or land at Miami 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 budget for operations was $600 million in 2009.