Nonstop flight route between Waterford, Ireland and Spring Point, Acklins Island, Bahamas:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Waterford Airport (WAT), Waterford, Ireland and Spring Point Airport (AXP), Spring Point, Acklins Island, Bahamas would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,246 miles (or 6,834 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 Waterford Airport and Spring Point 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 Waterford Airport and Spring Point Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Waterford Airport (WAT):

• On 12 August 2013 it was reported that a 150m extension of the runway would be funded by the Department of Transport of up to €400,000.
• 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.
• 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.
• Between 1987 and 1988 Aer Lingus operated services to Dublin.
• In addition to being known as "Waterford Airport", another name for WAT is "Aerfort Phort Láirge".
• Waterford Airport, is 4.9 NM south-east of Waterford.
• The closest airport to Waterford Airport (WAT) is Kilkenny Airport (KKY), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) NNW of WAT.
• Waterford Airport handled 8,000 passengers last year.
• The airport is on the R708 road which can be accessed from the R710 outer ring road in Waterford.
• On 13 March 2007 a €27.5 million upgrade of Waterford Airport was announced.
• The fully upgraded and remodelled connecting regional road, R708, from Waterford city to the airport was completed in early July 2008, reducing the journey time from Waterford city centre to the airport to 10 minutes at off peak times and from the outer ring road, R470, to the airport to 5 minutes.
• In February 2010 a Economic Impact Assessment of Waterford Airport was published and it highlighted the importance of Waterford Airport to the South East.
• In 2006 Waterford Airport celebrated 21 years of scheduled operations.
• On 14 May 2007 Aer Arann announced that they would open up a base in Waterford Airport and they also announced services to Birmingham.

Facts about Spring Point Airport (AXP):

• The closest airport to Spring Point Airport (AXP) is Máximo Gómez Airport (AVI), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) SSE of AXP.
• The furthest airport from Spring Point Airport (AXP) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,676 miles (18,791 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• Spring Point Airport (AXP) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Spring Point Airport's relatively low elevation of 11 feet, planes can take off or land at Spring Point 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.