Nonstop flight route between Wroclaw, Poland and Galway, Ireland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Copernicus Airport Wrocław (WRO), Wroclaw, Poland and Galway Airport (GWY), Galway, Ireland would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,098 miles (or 1,767 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 Copernicus Airport Wrocław and Galway Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Copernicus Airport Wrocław (WRO):

• In addition to being known as "Copernicus Airport Wrocław", another name for WRO is "Port Lotniczy Wrocław im. Mikołaja Kopernika".
• Copernicus Airport Wrocław (WRO) currently has only 1 runway.
• On 19 July 2006 the architectural firm JSK was chosen to design a significant airport expansion.
• Because of Copernicus Airport Wrocław's relatively low elevation of 404 feet, planes can take off or land at Copernicus Airport Wrocław 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.
• The first international flights were inaugurated in January 1993, serving Frankfurt, Germany.
• The closest airport to Copernicus Airport Wrocław (WRO) is Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport (IEG), which is located 85 miles (137 kilometers) NNW of WRO.
• The furthest airport from Copernicus Airport Wrocław (WRO) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,637 miles (18,728 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.

Facts about Galway Airport (GWY):

• The airport is located 6 kilometres by road from Galway city centre.
• Galway Airport (GWY) currently has only 1 runway.
• On 12 October 2011 Aer Arann announced that it was to suspend its services from Galway for the winter season, commencing on 1 November.
• The furthest airport from Galway Airport (GWY) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,976 miles (19,273 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• Because of Galway Airport's relatively low elevation of 81 feet, planes can take off or land at Galway 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.
• The closest airport to Galway Airport (GWY) is Connemara Airport (NNR), which is located 22 miles (36 kilometers) WSW of GWY.
• In addition to being known as "Galway Airport", another name for GWY is "Aerphort na Gaillimhe".
• During World War I a landing ground was built for the RAF at nearby Oranmore.
• In 1994 Aer Arann began the Dublin route supported by the state funded Public Service Obligation scheme.
• In February 2012, workers at the airport staged a sit-in in protest at the risk that their redundancy payments might not materialise after the airport's bankers had seized its working capital.