Nonstop flight route between Waterford, Ireland and Skiathos Island, Greece:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Waterford Airport (WAT), Waterford, Ireland and Skiathos Airport ‘Alexandros Papadiamantis’ (JSI), Skiathos Island, Greece would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,710 miles (or 2,751 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 Waterford Airport and Skiathos Airport ‘Alexandros Papadiamantis’, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

Departure Airport Information:

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Facts about Waterford Airport (WAT):

• In addition to being known as "Waterford Airport", another name for WAT is "Aerfort Phort Láirge".
• Flybe announced a route to Manchester starting 22 May 2013, which was dropped by Aer Lingus Regional on 6 January.
• 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.
• Avair provided the first domestic passenger service in 1982 to Dublin, which originated in Cork.
• 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.
• Between 1994 and 1999, Suckling Airways operated to London Luton, and during 1996 Emerald Airways operated services to Liverpool.
• 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.
• On 12 May 2010 Aer Arann announced an expansion of services from Waterford to London and Galway.
• The nearest bus and coach station is 10km away in Waterford from where Bus Éireann provides services to Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Rosslare Europort, Wexford, Clonmel and Tramore.

Facts about Skiathos Airport ‘Alexandros Papadiamantis’ (JSI):

• Skiathos Airport ‘Alexandros Papadiamantis’ handled 265,773 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Skiathos Airport ‘Alexandros Papadiamantis’", another name for JSI is "Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Σκιάθου ΄Α.Παπαδιαμάντης΄".
• The furthest airport from Skiathos Airport ‘Alexandros Papadiamantis’ (JSI) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,358 miles (18,280 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Skiathos Airport ‘Alexandros Papadiamantis’'s relatively low elevation of 54 feet, planes can take off or land at Skiathos Airport ‘Alexandros Papadiamantis’ 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.
• Skiathos Airport ‘Alexandros Papadiamantis’ (JSI) currently has only 1 runway.
• The runways at Skiathos are characterised as 'short and narrow' and, as such, airlines typically require their pilots to undergo additional training for operations there.
• The closest airport to Skiathos Airport ‘Alexandros Papadiamantis’ (JSI) is Nea Anchialos National Airport (VOL), which is located 38 miles (61 kilometers) W of JSI.
• However, it should be mentioned that both Olympic Air and Cyprus Airways make use of their larger Airbus A319 and Airbus A320 when operating direct flights from Athens International Airport, Thessaloniki and Larnaca.