Nonstop flight route between Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom and Muskoka, Ontario, Canada:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Guernsey Airport (GCI), Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom and Muskoka Airport (YQA), Muskoka, Ontario, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,455 miles (or 5,560 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 Guernsey Airport and Muskoka 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 Guernsey Airport and Muskoka Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GCI / EGJB |
Airport Name: | Guernsey Airport |
Location: | Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 49°26'4"N by 2°36'6"W |
Area Served: | Guernsey |
Operator/Owner: | States of Guernsey |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 336 feet (102 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GCI |
More Information: | GCI Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YQA / CYQA |
Airport Name: | Muskoka Airport |
Location: | Muskoka, Ontario, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 44°58'30"N by 79°18'14"W |
Area Served: | District Municipality of Muskoka |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 922 feet (281 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from YQA |
More Information: | YQA Maps & Info |
Facts about Guernsey Airport (GCI):
- On 12 January 1999 a F-27 operating a cargo flight for Channel Express arriving from Luton crashed short of runway 27 after deploying full flap on approach.
- In 1960 there were four grass runways, with lengths ranging from 2,040 ft to 3,060 ft.
- Because of Guernsey Airport's relatively low elevation of 336 feet, planes can take off or land at Guernsey 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 Guernsey Airport (GCI) is Jersey Airport (JER), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) SE of GCI.
- The proposal is to add runway safety areas, RESAs, extend the take-off section by 120 m, and displace the landing section to the west, the first of a two phase runway extension.
- The furthest airport from Guernsey Airport (GCI) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is nearly antipodal to Guernsey Airport (meaning Guernsey Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Dunedin International Airport), and is located 12,024 miles (19,350 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- Sufficient progress on these works has taken place to enable Flybe to introduce an Embraer 175 jet on their existing Gatwick service from 31 March 2013.
- Guernsey Airport (GCI) currently has only 1 runway.
- Guernsey Airport handled 886,396 passengers last year.
- On 7 December 1997 an F-27 operated by AirUK arriving from Southampton overshot the runway while landing in high cross winds.
Facts about Muskoka Airport (YQA):
- Because of Muskoka Airport's relatively low elevation of 922 feet, planes can take off or land at Muskoka 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 Muskoka Airport (YQA) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,357 miles (18,277 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The airport is classified as an airport of entry by NAV CANADA and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency.
- The closest airport to Muskoka Airport (YQA) is Parry Sound Area Municipal Airport (YPD), which is located 32 miles (51 kilometers) NW of YQA.
- Muskoka Airport (YQA) has 2 runways.
- The airport was opened in 1936 as Reay Airport and renamed to the current name in 1938.