Nonstop flight route between Makassar, Indonesia and Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport (SHIAM) (UPG), Makassar, Indonesia and Kerry Airport (KIR), Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,087 miles (or 13,015 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 Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport (SHIAM) and Kerry 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 Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport (SHIAM) and Kerry Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport (SHIAM) (UPG):

• The closest airport to Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport (SHIAM) (UPG) is Tampa Padang Airport (MJU), which is located 175 miles (281 kilometers) NNW of UPG.
• On 8 January 2010, the airport inaugurated its newly built 3100 m runway for commercial flights.
• Various taxi and shuttle services are provided by numerous service providers.
• Farewell to Colonel Giebel of the K.N.I.L., on the airfield Mandai
• The furthest airport from Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport (SHIAM) (UPG) is Lethem Airport (LTM), which is nearly antipodal to Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport (SHIAM) (meaning Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport (SHIAM) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Lethem Airport), and is located 12,312 miles (19,814 kilometers) away in Lethem, Guyana.
• In addition to being known as "Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport (SHIAM)", another name for UPG is "Bandar Udara Internasional Sultan Hasanuddin (SHIAM)".
• Because of Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport (SHIAM)'s relatively low elevation of 47 feet, planes can take off or land at Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport (SHIAM) 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.
• Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport (SHIAM) (UPG) has 2 runways.

Facts about Kerry Airport (KIR):

• Kerry Airport handled 272,799 passengers last year.
• Kerry Airport (KIR) currently has only 1 runway.
• The Runway 08/26 was licensed by the Irish Aviation Authority on 20 May 1994 and the first flight landed at 13:23 local time on the 20th May.
• Kerry Airport was incorporated as a public limited company in July 1968 with its main objective of building and managing an airport at Farranfore.
• The furthest airport from Kerry Airport (KIR) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is nearly antipodal to Kerry Airport (meaning Kerry Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ryan's Creek Aerodrome), and is located 12,057 miles (19,403 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• Iarnród Éireann's Farranfore railway station is located 0.8 miles to the south with services to Killarney, Tralee, Cork, Limerick Junction and Dublin Heuston.
• Because of Kerry Airport's relatively low elevation of 112 feet, planes can take off or land at Kerry 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.
• It was announced in February 2012, due to the codeshare agreement with Aer Lingus that the currently operated Dublin service with Aer Arann will be operated from 30 October 2012 under the brand Aer Lingus Regional.
• Kerry Airport is located on the N23 approximately 60 miles from both Cork and Limerick.
• In addition to being known as "Kerry Airport", another name for KIR is "Aerfort Chiarraí".
• Encouraged by the apparent success of other regional airports in Ireland, the board of directors drew up a development plan to lengthen and widen the runway to 1,200m x 30m and to extend and upgrade the Terminal Buildings and to install an Instrument Landing System and appropriate lighting.
• The closest airport to Kerry Airport (KIR) is Bantry Aerodrome (BYT), which is located 35 miles (57 kilometers) S of KIR.