Nonstop flight route between Stanton, Minnesota, United States and Kaunas, Lithuania:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Stanton Airfield (SYN), Stanton, Minnesota, United States and Kaunas International Airport (KUN), Kaunas, Lithuania would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,645 miles (or 7,476 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 Stanton Airfield and Kaunas 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 Stanton Airfield and Kaunas 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 Stanton Airfield (SYN):

• Because of Stanton Airfield's relatively low elevation of 920 feet, planes can take off or land at Stanton Airfield 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 Stanton Airfield (SYN) is Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport Wold–Chamberlain Airport (MSP), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) NNW of SYN.
• Stanton Airfield (SYN) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Stanton Airfield (SYN) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,776 miles (17,342 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2007, the airport had 15,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 41 per day.

Facts about Kaunas International Airport (KUN):

• Kaunas city centre is reachable by direct bus route no 29, operated daily by Kauno Autobusai from 5:00 am to 12:30 am.
• Theoretical runaway average capacity, when aircraft are landing or taking off, is 12 operations per hour.
• The closest airport to Kaunas International Airport (KUN) is Vilnius International Airport (VNO), which is located 53 miles (85 kilometers) ESE of KUN.
• At the beginning of 2013 Ryanair has invested more than 3 million Euro in a new aircraft maintenance and repair hangar in Kaunas, which currently employs 50 people.
• Kaunas International Airport (KUN) currently has only 1 runway.
• Kaunas International Airport, is the second busiest civil airport in Lithuania after Vilnius Airport and the fourth busiest in the Baltic states.
• Because of Kaunas International Airport's relatively low elevation of 256 feet, planes can take off or land at Kaunas 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.
• Almost a quarter of all passenger flow at the airport are travellers from the neighbouring countries Latvia, Belarus and Poland.
• In 2008 the new three-storey terminal building has been opened for passenger operations.
• In addition to being known as "Kaunas International Airport", another name for KUN is "Kauno Oro uostas".
• The furthest airport from Kaunas International Airport (KUN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,242 miles (18,092 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.