Nonstop flight route between Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States and Pärnu, Estonia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK), Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States and Pärnu Airport (EPU), Pärnu, Estonia would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,004 miles (or 6,444 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 Nantucket Memorial Airport and Pärnu 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 Nantucket Memorial Airport and Pärnu Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ACK / KACK |
Airport Name: | Nantucket Memorial Airport |
Location: | Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 41°15'10"N by 70°3'32"W |
Operator/Owner: | Town of Nantucket |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 48 feet (15 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from ACK |
More Information: | ACK Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | EPU / EEPU |
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Location: | Pärnu, Estonia |
GPS Coordinates: | 58°25'9"N by 24°28'22"E |
Operator/Owner: | Tallinn Airport Ltd. |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 46 feet (14 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from EPU |
More Information: | EPU Maps & Info |
Facts about Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK):
- The furthest airport from Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,858 miles (19,083 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Because of Nantucket Memorial Airport's relatively low elevation of 48 feet, planes can take off or land at Nantucket Memorial 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 Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK) is Marthas Vineyard Airport (MVY), which is located 30 miles (49 kilometers) WNW of ACK.
- Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK) has 3 runways.
- Up through the 1990s, a variety of other carriers served the airport, some of which used jet airliners as large as McDonnell Douglas DC-9s.
- In 2009, the terminal was updated with an upgrade of the previous 12,000 square feet and an expansion of 18,000 square feet at a cost of approximately $29 million.
- In the late 1930s, a man named Holm began allowing the Town of Nantucket to use fields on his property as an airfield.
Facts about Pärnu Airport (EPU):
- The small airline Air Livonia flew from Pärnu to Kuressaare, Kihnu and Ruhnu until 2006.
- The furthest airport from Pärnu Airport (EPU) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,091 miles (17,848 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Pärnu Airport (EPU) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Pärnu Airport (EPU) is Tallinn Airport (TLL), which is located 70 miles (112 kilometers) N of EPU.
- In addition to being known as "Pärnu Airport", another name for EPU is "Pärnu lennujaam".
- Because of Pärnu Airport's relatively low elevation of 46 feet, planes can take off or land at Pärnu 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 October 1937 Pärnu town council designated an area of 0.28 km² for the building of an airport.
- In the summer of 2010 Estonian Air operated one return flight a week from Stockholm.
- In the summer of 1992, the re-constituted Estonian defence ministry took over the military airport, which had drawn down its operations.