Nonstop flight route between Seldovia, Alaska, United States and Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Seldovia Airport (SOV), Seldovia, Alaska, United States and Guernsey Airport (GCI), Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,716 miles (or 7,590 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 Seldovia Airport and Guernsey 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 Seldovia Airport and Guernsey Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Seldovia Airport (SOV):

• Seldovia Airport covers an area of 177 acres which contains one gravel runway measuring 1,845 by 60 ft.
• Seldovia Airport is a public airport located one mile east of the central business district of Seldovia, in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States.
• Seldovia Airport (SOV) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Seldovia Airport's relatively low elevation of 29 feet, planes can take off or land at Seldovia 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.
• There are 15 aircraft based at this airport, 14 of which are single engine and 1 being multi engine.
• The closest airport to Seldovia Airport (SOV) is Port Graham Airport (PGM), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) SW of SOV.
• The furthest airport from Seldovia Airport (SOV) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,674 miles (17,177 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Facts about Guernsey Airport (GCI):

• A large number of single and twin-engined light and business aircraft are based at the airport.
• In 1960 there were four grass runways, with lengths ranging from 2,040 ft to 3,060 ft.
• The airport was officially opened on 5 May 1939.
• Guernsey Airport (GCI) currently has only 1 runway.
• Work started on a new terminal building in 2002, which became operational on 19 April 2004.
• Guernsey Airport handled 886,396 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Guernsey Airport (GCI) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is nearly antipodal to Guernsey Airport (meaning Guernsey Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Dunedin International Airport), and is located 12,024 miles (19,350 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• On 7 December 1997 an F-27 operated by AirUK arriving from Southampton overshot the runway while landing in high cross winds.
• Because of Guernsey Airport's relatively low elevation of 336 feet, planes can take off or land at Guernsey 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 closest airport to Guernsey Airport (GCI) is Jersey Airport (JER), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) SE of GCI.