Nonstop flight route between Qui Nhơn, Binh Dinh, Vietnam and Prestwick (near Glasgow), Scotland, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Phu Cat Airport (UIH), Qui Nhơn, Binh Dinh, Vietnam and Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK), Prestwick (near Glasgow), Scotland, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,304 miles (or 10,145 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 Phu Cat Airport and Glasgow-Prestwick 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 Phu Cat Airport and Glasgow-Prestwick Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | UIH / VVPC |
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Location: | Qui Nhơn, Binh Dinh, Vietnam |
GPS Coordinates: | 13°57'18"N by 109°2'31"E |
Area Served: | Qui Nhơn |
Operator/Owner: | Middle Airport Authority |
Airport Type: | Public/Military |
Elevation: | 79 feet (24 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from UIH |
More Information: | UIH Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PIK / EGPK |
Airport Name: | Glasgow-Prestwick Airport |
Location: | Prestwick (near Glasgow), Scotland, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 55°30'33"N by 4°35'39"W |
Area Served: | Glasgow, Prestwick, Strathclyde, Scotland |
Operator/Owner: | Scottish Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 65 feet (20 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from PIK |
More Information: | PIK Maps & Info |
Facts about Phu Cat Airport (UIH):
- The closest airport to Phu Cat Airport (UIH) is Chu Lai Airport (VCL), which is located 103 miles (165 kilometers) NNW of UIH.
- In addition to being known as "Phu Cat Airport", another name for UIH is "Sân bay Phù Cát".
- The furthest airport from Phu Cat Airport (UIH) is Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ), which is nearly antipodal to Phu Cat Airport (meaning Phu Cat Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport), and is located 12,365 miles (19,899 kilometers) away in Cusco, Cusco Region, Peru.
- Phu Cat Airport (UIH) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Phu Cat Airport's relatively low elevation of 79 feet, planes can take off or land at Phu Cat 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.
Facts about Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK):
- Today BAE Systems retains a small facility at Prestwick for its BAE Systems Regional Aircraft division, with the adjoining main manufacturing site, producing components for Airbus and Boeing aircraft, having been sold to Spirit AeroSystems in January 2006.
- The furthest airport from Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,764 miles (18,932 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
- Glasgow-Prestwick Airport handled 1,145,836 passengers last year.
- Today, Ryanair serves more than 20 destinations from Prestwick — one of their maintenance hubs – and other budget airlines have also moved into the airport.
- Because of Glasgow-Prestwick Airport's relatively low elevation of 65 feet, planes can take off or land at Glasgow-Prestwick 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 had been proposed plans drawn up pre-war for the post war years which would have been classed as extremely ambitious, especially in the austere post-war years.
- Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK) has 2 runways.
- On 1 April 2014, The Robert Burns World Federation told Scottish MPs at Holyrood to rename the airport to Robert Burns International Airport a petition was created to rename it as well and was discussed by the public petition committee.
- The closest airport to Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK) is Glasgow International Airport (GLA), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) NNE of PIK.