Nonstop flight route between Goleniów (near Szczecin), Poland and Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between "Solidarity" Szczecin–Goleniów Airport (SZZ), Goleniów (near Szczecin), Poland and Guernsey Airport (GCI), Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 803 miles (or 1,292 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 "Solidarity" Szczecin–Goleniów Airport and Guernsey Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about "Solidarity" Szczecin–Goleniów Airport (SZZ):

• In addition to being known as ""Solidarity" Szczecin–Goleniów Airport", another name for SZZ is "Port Lotniczy Szczecin–Goleniów im. NSZZ "Solidarność"".
• The closest airport to "Solidarity" Szczecin–Goleniów Airport (SZZ) is Heringsdorf Airport (HDF), which is located 37 miles (59 kilometers) NW of SZZ.
• "Solidarity" Szczecin–Goleniów Airport (SZZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport was constructed between 1953–56 at the height of the Cold War, 5 km east of Goleniów.
• Because of "Solidarity" Szczecin–Goleniów Airport's relatively low elevation of 154 feet, planes can take off or land at "Solidarity" Szczecin–Goleniów 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 furthest airport from "Solidarity" Szczecin–Goleniów Airport (SZZ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,588 miles (18,649 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.

Facts about Guernsey Airport (GCI):

• Guernsey Airport handled 886,396 passengers last year.
• The airport currently runs two liaison groups.
• Guernsey Airport (GCI) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.
• Aurigny Air Services has its head office on the airport property.
• 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.
• On 7 December 1997 an F-27 operated by AirUK arriving from Southampton overshot the runway while landing in high cross winds.
• The closest airport to Guernsey Airport (GCI) is Jersey Airport (JER), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) SE of GCI.
• Work started on a new terminal building in 2002, which became operational on 19 April 2004.