Nonstop flight route between Saint-Pierre, Réunion and Ketchikan, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), Saint-Pierre, Réunion and Ketchikan International Airport (KTN), Ketchikan, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,057 miles (or 16,184 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 Pierrefonds Airport and Ketchikan 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 Pierrefonds Airport and Ketchikan 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 Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE):

• The closest airport to Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE) is Roland Garros Airport (RUN), which is located 30 miles (49 kilometers) N of ZSE.
• In addition to being known as "Pierrefonds Airport", another name for ZSE is "Aéroport de Saint-Pierre - Pierrefonds".
• Because of Pierrefonds Airport's relatively low elevation of 60 feet, planes can take off or land at Pierrefonds 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.
• Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE) is Guerrero Negro Airport (GUB), which is located 11,629 miles (18,715 kilometers) away in Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Facts about Ketchikan International Airport (KTN):

• Ketchikan International Airport covers an area of 2,600 acres at an elevation of 89 feet above mean sea level.
• Ketchikan International Airport is a state-owned, public-use airport located one nautical mile west of the central business district of Ketchikan, a city in Ketchikan Gateway Borough in the U.S.
• Because of Ketchikan International Airport's relatively low elevation of 89 feet, planes can take off or land at Ketchikan 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.
• The furthest airport from Ketchikan International Airport (KTN) is Port Alfred Airport (AFD), which is located 10,613 miles (17,081 kilometers) away in Port Alfred, South Africa.
• Because the international airport is on a sparsely populated island separated from Ketchikan, a ferry connects the airport to the city.
• Ketchikan International Airport (KTN) has 2 runways.
• As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 108,837 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 96,996 enplanements in 2009, and 100,138 in 2010.
• The closest airport to Ketchikan International Airport (KTN) is Ketchikan Harbor Seaplane Base (WFB), which is located only 2 miles (3 kilometers) ESE of KTN.