Nonstop flight route between Waterford, Ireland and Jinan, Shandong, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Waterford Airport (WAT), Waterford, Ireland and Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport (TNA), Jinan, Shandong, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,432 miles (or 8,741 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 Jinan Yaoqiang International 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 Jinan Yaoqiang International 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 14 May 2007 Aer Arann announced that they would open up a base in Waterford Airport and they also announced services to Birmingham.
• 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.
• In February 2010 a Economic Impact Assessment of Waterford Airport was published and it highlighted the importance of Waterford Airport to the South East.
• The airport is on the R708 road which can be accessed from the R710 outer ring road in Waterford.
• Flybe has indicated that the services to Waterford will be in place until at least 2014.
• Flybe announced a route to Manchester starting 22 May 2013, which was dropped by Aer Lingus Regional on 6 January.
• 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.
• On 14 March 2012, Aer Arann transferred all of its Waterford routes into the Aer Lingus Regional brand effective from 25 March 2012.
• 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 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.
• 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 13 March 2007 a €27.5 million upgrade of Waterford Airport was announced.
• In 2006 Waterford Airport celebrated 21 years of scheduled operations.
• 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.

Facts about Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport (TNA):

• Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport handled 7,664,111 passengers last year.
• Because of Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport's relatively low elevation of 76 feet, planes can take off or land at Jinan Yaoqiang International 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.
• Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport (TNA) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport", other names for TNA include "济南遥墙国际机场" and "Jǐnán Yáoqiáng Guójì Jīchǎng".
• The furthest airport from Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport (TNA) is Brigadier Hector Eduardo Ruiz Airport (CSZ), which is nearly antipodal to Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport (meaning Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Brigadier Hector Eduardo Ruiz Airport), and is located 12,373 miles (19,912 kilometers) away in Coronel Suárez, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• The closest airport to Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport (TNA) is Weifang Airport (WEF), which is located 106 miles (171 kilometers) E of TNA.