Nonstop flight route between Gabès, Tunisia and Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Gabès - Matmata International Airport (GAE), Gabès, Tunisia and Kerry Airport (KIR), Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,599 miles (or 2,573 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 Gabès - Matmata International Airport and Kerry Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GAE / DTTG |
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Location: | Gabès, Tunisia |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°44'3"N by 9°55'11"E |
Area Served: | Gabès, Gabès Governorate, Tunisia |
Operator/Owner: | Tunisian Civil Aviation & Airports Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 26 feet (8 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GAE |
More Information: | GAE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KIR / EIKY |
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Location: | Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°10'50"N by 9°31'26"W |
Area Served: | Tralee / Killarney, Ireland |
Operator/Owner: | Kerry Airport Plc |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 112 feet (34 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KIR |
More Information: | KIR Maps & Info |
Facts about Gabès - Matmata International Airport (GAE):
- Because of Gabès - Matmata International Airport's relatively low elevation of 26 feet, planes can take off or land at Gabès - Matmata 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.
- In addition to being known as "Gabès - Matmata International Airport", other names for GAE include "Aéroport International de Gabés - Matmata" and "مطار قابس مطماطة الدولي".
- The closest airport to Gabès - Matmata International Airport (GAE) is Djerba–Zarzis International Airport (DJE), which is located 50 miles (81 kilometers) ENE of GAE.
- Gabès - Matmata International Airport (GAE) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Gabès - Matmata International Airport (GAE) is Gisborne Airport (GIS), which is located 11,690 miles (18,813 kilometers) away in Gisborne, New Zealand.
Facts about Kerry Airport (KIR):
- Kerry Airport (KIR) currently has only 1 runway.
- In January 2011, it was announced that 20 of the airport's 65 staff would be made redundant due to a fall in passenger numbers following Ryanair's withdrawal from its PSO contract.
- Car hire and taxi services are available at the airport.
- Because of Kerry Airport's relatively low elevation of 112 feet, planes can take off or land at Kerry 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 airport is a public limited company but not quoted on any stock exchange.
- The closest airport to Kerry Airport (KIR) is Bantry Aerodrome (BYT), which is located 35 miles (57 kilometers) S of KIR.
- In addition to being known as "Kerry Airport", another name for KIR is "Aerfort Chiarraí".
- It was announced in February 2012, due to the codeshare agreement with Aer Lingus that the currently operated Dublin service with Aer Arann will be operated from 30 October 2012 under the brand Aer Lingus Regional.
- Kerry Airport handled 272,799 passengers last year.
- The runway was completed on schedule and the first scheduled flight into Kerry was on 22 May 1989 from Dublin by Aer Lingus followed the next day by Ryanair from London-Luton.
- The furthest airport from Kerry Airport (KIR) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is nearly antipodal to Kerry Airport (meaning Kerry Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ryan's Creek Aerodrome), and is located 12,057 miles (19,403 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.