Nonstop flight route between Gabbs, Nevada, United States and Lyon, France:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Gabbs Airport (GAB), Gabbs, Nevada, United States and Lyon–Bron Airport (LYN), Lyon, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,603 miles (or 9,016 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 Gabbs Airport and Lyon–Bron 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 Gabbs Airport and Lyon–Bron Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GAB / KGAB |
Airport Name: | Gabbs Airport |
Location: | Gabbs, Nevada, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 38°55'27"N by 117°57'32"W |
Area Served: | Gabbs, Nevada |
Operator/Owner: | Nye County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4700 feet (1,433 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from GAB |
More Information: | GAB Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LYN / LFLY |
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Location: | Lyon, France |
GPS Coordinates: | 45°43'45"N by 4°56'20"E |
Area Served: | Lyon, France |
Operator/Owner: | Aéroports de Lyon SA |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 659 feet (201 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LYN |
More Information: | LYN Maps & Info |
Facts about Gabbs Airport (GAB):
- The furthest airport from Gabbs Airport (GAB) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,159 miles (17,959 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- Gabbs Airport (GAB) has 2 runways.
- Because of Gabbs Airport's high elevation of 4,700 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at GAB. Combined with a high temperature, this could make GAB a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The closest airport to Gabbs Airport (GAB) is Hawthorne Industrial Airport (HTH), which is located 45 miles (72 kilometers) SW of GAB.
Facts about Lyon–Bron Airport (LYN):
- Lyon–Bron Airport (LYN) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Lyon–Bron Airport (LYN) is Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) E of LYN.
- The airport was established in 1920 and became an international airport in 1924 with flights to Geneva, Switzerland.
- The furthest airport from Lyon–Bron Airport (LYN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Lyon–Bron Airport (meaning Lyon–Bron Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,288 miles (19,775 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- After the war, it was the main commercial airport for Lyon.
- In addition to being known as "Lyon–Bron Airport", another name for LYN is "Aéroport de Lyon-BronAdvanced Landing Ground (ALG) Y-6".
- Because of Lyon–Bron Airport's relatively low elevation of 659 feet, planes can take off or land at Lyon–Bron 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.