Nonstop flight route between Lexington, Nebraska, United States and Sal Island, Cape Verde:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from LXN to SID:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- LXN Airport Information
- SID Airport Information
- Facts about LXN
- Facts about SID
- Map of Nearest Airports to LXN
- List of Nearest Airports to LXN
- Map of Furthest Airports from LXN
- List of Furthest Airports from LXN
- Map of Nearest Airports to SID
- List of Nearest Airports to SID
- Map of Furthest Airports from SID
- List of Furthest Airports from SID
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Jim Kelly Field (LXN), Lexington, Nebraska, United States and Amílcar Cabral International Airport (SID), Sal Island, Cape Verde would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,788 miles (or 7,706 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 Jim Kelly Field and Amílcar Cabral 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 Jim Kelly Field and Amílcar Cabral International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LXN / KLXN |
Airport Name: | Jim Kelly Field |
Location: | Lexington, Nebraska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°47'26"N by 99°46'32"W |
Area Served: | Lexington, Nebraska |
Operator/Owner: | Lexington Airport Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2413 feet (735 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from LXN |
More Information: | LXN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SID / GVAC |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Sal Island, Cape Verde |
GPS Coordinates: | 16°44'32"N by 22°56'53"W |
Area Served: | Espargos |
Operator/Owner: | Aeroportos Seguranca Aera (ASA) |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 177 feet (54 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from SID |
More Information: | SID Maps & Info |
Facts about Jim Kelly Field (LXN):
- Jim Kelly Field (LXN) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Jim Kelly Field (LXN) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,676 miles (17,182 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The closest airport to Jim Kelly Field (LXN) is Arapahoe Municipal Airport (AHF), which is located 32 miles (51 kilometers) SSW of LXN.
Facts about Amílcar Cabral International Airport (SID):
- The airport is located on the east side connecting with the road linking Espargos and Santa Maria, the island's main tourist destination.
- The closest airport to Amílcar Cabral International Airport (SID) is Aristides Pereira International Airport (BVC), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) S of SID.
- Amílcar Cabral International Airport handled 576 passengers last year.
- In 2011, the airport served 576.323 passengers.
- The furthest airport from Amílcar Cabral International Airport (SID) is Bellona/Anua Airport (BNY), which is nearly antipodal to Amílcar Cabral International Airport (meaning Amílcar Cabral International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Bellona/Anua Airport), and is located 12,018 miles (19,341 kilometers) away in Anua, Bellona Island, Solomon Islands.
- Amílcar Cabral International Airport (SID) has 2 runways.
- Because of Amílcar Cabral International Airport's relatively low elevation of 177 feet, planes can take off or land at Amílcar Cabral 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 "Amílcar Cabral International Airport", another name for SID is "Aeroporto Internacional Amílcar Cabral".