Nonstop flight route between Truckee, California, United States and Waterford, Ireland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Truckee Tahoe Airport (TKF), Truckee, California, United States and Waterford Airport (WAT), Waterford, Ireland would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,950 miles (or 7,967 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 Truckee Tahoe Airport and Waterford 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 Truckee Tahoe Airport and Waterford Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Truckee Tahoe Airport (TKF):

• The closest airport to Truckee Tahoe Airport (TKF) is Reno–Tahoe International Airport (RNO), which is located 23 miles (38 kilometers) ENE of TKF.
• Because of Truckee Tahoe Airport's high elevation of 5,900 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at TKF. Combined with a high temperature, this could make TKF a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from Truckee Tahoe Airport (TKF) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,197 miles (18,020 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• In addition to being known as "Truckee Tahoe Airport", another name for TKF is "TRK".
• The airport had a 500 gallon underground heating oil tank removed in 1986.
• Truckee Tahoe Airport (TKF) has 2 runways.

Facts about Waterford Airport (WAT):

• Waterford Airport handled 8,000 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Waterford Airport (WAT) is Kilkenny Airport (KKY), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) NNW of WAT.
• On 12 May 2010 Aer Arann announced an expansion of services from Waterford to London and Galway.
• In addition to being known as "Waterford Airport", another name for WAT is "Aerfort Phort Láirge".
• Passengers numbers through Waterford Airport in 2009 fall due to routes being suspended to Bordeaux, Faro, Malaga and Amsterdam and service reductions on routes to Birmingham, London Luton and Manchester.
• Waterford Airport has four check-in desks, an information desk, two boarding gates and two baggage carousels.
• The airport is on the R708 road which can be accessed from the R710 outer ring road in Waterford.
• On 10 January 2008 Aer Arann announced the return of the summer routes to Bordeaux, Faro, Málaga with a new service to Amsterdam.
• Because of Waterford Airport's relatively low elevation of 119 feet, planes can take off or land at Waterford 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 airport opened in 1981 with a 1,200 by 29 m runway for single and twin-engine light aircraft and a portable cabin as terminal building.
• On 14 May 2007 Aer Arann announced that they would open up a base in Waterford Airport and they also announced services to Birmingham.
• The furthest airport from Waterford Airport (WAT) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is nearly antipodal to Waterford Airport (meaning Waterford Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ryan's Creek Aerodrome), and is located 12,013 miles (19,333 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.