Nonstop flight route between Shannon (County Clare), Ireland and Mianyang, Sichuan, China:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Shannon Airport (SNN), Shannon (County Clare), Ireland and Mianyang Nanjiao Airport (MIG), Mianyang, Sichuan, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,392 miles (or 8,677 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 Mianyang Nanjiao 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 Mianyang Nanjiao 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 |
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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: | MIG / ZUMY |
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Location: | Mianyang, Sichuan, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 31°25'47"N by 104°44'22"E |
Area Served: | Mianyang, Sichuan, China |
Airport Type: | Public |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MIG |
More Information: | MIG Maps & Info |
Facts about Shannon Airport (SNN):
- The first passengers through the newly autonomous airport arrived on the Aer Lingus EI-110 flight from JFK at 5:08 am on 1 January 2013.
- During the 1990s, the airport began to struggle.
- In addition to being known as "Shannon Airport", another name for SNN is "Aerfort na Sionainne".
- 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.
- The closest airport to Shannon Airport (SNN) is Inisheer Aerodrome (INQ), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) NW of SNN.
- Shannon holds an important place in Ireland's aviation history as it was the first transatlantic gateway between Ireland and the US, and the birthplace of Duty-free shopping and of aviation leasing.
- Shannon Airport (SNN) currently has only 1 runway.
- 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.
- In 2011, passenger numbers at Shannon declined by 7.4% from 1,755,885, to 1,625,549.
- Aer Lingus announced on 15 June 2010 that it would be suspending services from Shannon to Boston and New York for 11 weeks from January 2011.
- 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.
- Shannon Airport handled 1,400,032 passengers last year.
Facts about Mianyang Nanjiao Airport (MIG):
- Mianyang Nanjiao Airport has a 2,400-meter runway capable of handling major aircraft including the Boeing 737.
- Mianyang Nanjiao Airport handled 622,816 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Mianyang Nanjiao Airport (MIG) is Viña del Mar Airport (KNA), which is nearly antipodal to Mianyang Nanjiao Airport (meaning Mianyang Nanjiao Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Viña del Mar Airport), and is located 12,192 miles (19,621 kilometers) away in Viña del Mar, Chile.
- Opened on 28 April 2001, Mianyang Nanjiao is the second largest airport in Sichuan after Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport.
- The closest airport to Mianyang Nanjiao Airport (MIG) is Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU), which is located 75 miles (121 kilometers) SW of MIG.
- Mianyang Nanjiao Airport (MIG) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Mianyang Nanjiao Airport", other names for MIG include "绵阳南郊机场" and "Miányáng Nánjiāo Jīchǎng".
- Mianyang Nanjiao Airport is an airport serving the city of Mianyang in Sichuan Province, China.