Nonstop flight route between Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories, Canada and Shannon (County Clare), Ireland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Fort Good Hope Airport (YGH), Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories, Canada and Shannon Airport (SNN), Shannon (County Clare), Ireland would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,636 miles (or 5,852 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 Fort Good Hope Airport and Shannon 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 Fort Good Hope Airport and Shannon Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Fort Good Hope Airport (YGH):

• Fort Good Hope Airport (YGH) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Fort Good Hope Airport (YGH) is Norman Wells Airport (YVQ), which is located 85 miles (136 kilometers) SE of YGH.
• The furthest airport from Fort Good Hope Airport (YGH) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 9,973 miles (16,050 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
• Because of Fort Good Hope Airport's relatively low elevation of 267 feet, planes can take off or land at Fort Good Hope 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.

Facts about Shannon Airport (SNN):

• Because of Shannon Airport's relatively low elevation of 46 feet, planes can take off or land at Shannon 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 last quarter of 2012 saw a resurgence for Shannon, with new services announced for Philadelphia and Chicago, a return of Aer Lingus to JFK and Boston, and Delta to JFK, giving Shannon direct services to five US airports for 2013.
• Shannon Airport (SNN) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Shannon Airport (SNN) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is nearly antipodal to Shannon Airport (meaning Shannon Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ryan's Creek Aerodrome), and is located 12,015 miles (19,336 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Shannon Airport", another name for SNN is "Aerfort na Sionainne".
• Shannon Airport handled 1,400,032 passengers last year.
• In November 2013, Aer Lingus announced a new twice-weekly service from Shannon to Malaga.
• When World War II ended, the airport was ready to be used by the many new post-war commercial airlines of Europe and North America.
• US Airways operated daily services to Philadelphia until 2008 using Boeing 757-200 aircraft.
• The 1960s proved to be difficult for Shannon Airport.
• The closest airport to Shannon Airport (SNN) is Inisheer Aerodrome (INQ), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) NW of SNN.
• In March 2013, the new company appointed Neil Pakey as its first CEO.