Nonstop flight route between Shannon (County Clare), Ireland and Talara, Peru:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Shannon Airport (SNN), Shannon (County Clare), Ireland and Cap. FAP Victor Montes Arias Airport (TYL), Talara, Peru would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,743 miles (or 9,242 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 Cap. FAP Victor Montes Arias 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 Cap. FAP Victor Montes Arias 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):

• In 1969, it was announced that a new government agency, Aer Rianta, would be given responsibility for Shannon Airport.
• 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.
• Shannon Airport (SNN) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Shannon Airport (SNN) is Inisheer Aerodrome (INQ), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) NW of SNN.
• 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 1936, the Government of Ireland confirmed that it would develop a 3.1 km2 site at Rineanna for the country's first transatlantic airport.
• Shannon Airport handled 1,400,032 passengers last year.
• Ryanair increased services and passenger numbers at the airport through 2008.
• In November 2013, Aer Lingus announced a new twice-weekly service from Shannon to Malaga.
• 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.

Facts about Cap. FAP Victor Montes Arias Airport (TYL):

• Because of Cap. FAP Victor Montes Arias Airport's relatively low elevation of 282 feet, planes can take off or land at Cap. FAP Victor Montes Arias 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 July 1944, the last aircraft departed from the airport, and most Americans departed.
• The closest airport to Cap. FAP Victor Montes Arias Airport (TYL) is Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport (PIU), which is located 61 miles (99 kilometers) SE of TYL.
• In addition to being known as "Cap. FAP Victor Montes Arias Airport", another name for TYL is "Aeropuerto Capitán FAP Víctor Montes Arias".
• The furthest airport from Cap. FAP Victor Montes Arias Airport (TYL) is Kualanamu International Airport (KNO), which is nearly antipodal to Cap. FAP Victor Montes Arias Airport (meaning Cap. FAP Victor Montes Arias Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kualanamu International Airport), and is located 12,371 miles (19,910 kilometers) away in Medan, Indonesia.
• Cap. FAP Victor Montes Arias Airport (TYL) currently has only 1 runway.