Nonstop flight route between Strandhill (near Sligo), Ireland and Chester, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sligo Airport (SXL), Strandhill (near Sligo), Ireland and Chester Hawarden Airport Hawarden Airport (CEG), Chester, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 242 miles (or 389 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 relatively short distance between Sligo Airport and Chester Hawarden Airport Hawarden Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

Departure Airport Information:

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Facts about Sligo Airport (SXL):

• Sligo Airport (SXL) currently has only 1 runway.
• Sligo Airport is located in Strandhill, County Sligo, 5 NM west of Sligo in Ireland.
• Because of Sligo Airport's relatively low elevation of 11 feet, planes can take off or land at Sligo 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.
• Until the end of 2008 there was a connection with Manchester which was operated by Aer Arann.
• The closest airport to Sligo Airport (SXL) is Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) SSW of SXL.
• The Irish Government commissioned Value for Money Review of Exchequer Funding on the Regional Airports Programme recommended the ending of operational subvention to the airport and the ending of the PSO designation citing poor performance, growing operational costs and development of alternative transport connections to the region.
• In addition to being known as "Sligo Airport", another name for SXL is "Aerfort Shligigh".
• The furthest airport from Sligo Airport (SXL) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,907 miles (19,162 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.

Facts about Chester Hawarden Airport Hawarden Airport (CEG):

• Chester Hawarden Airport Hawarden Airport (CEG) currently has only 1 runway.
• There is much private and general activity at the airport, adding considerably to the number of aircraft movements.
• The furthest airport from Chester Hawarden Airport Hawarden Airport (CEG) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,850 miles (19,071 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Chester Hawarden Airport Hawarden Airport (CEG) is Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) NNE of CEG.
• Since the early 1970s the Broughton factory, was part of British Aerospace operations.
• Because of Chester Hawarden Airport Hawarden Airport's relatively low elevation of 45 feet, planes can take off or land at Chester Hawarden Airport Hawarden 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 company became part of Hawker Siddeley Aviation in the 1960s and the production of the Hawker Siddeley HS125 business jet, designed by de Havilland as the DH.125, became the main aircraft type produced by the factory for nearly forty years.
• The service centre has had a number of owners over the years, the most recent being Beechcraft.