Nonstop flight route between Shannon (County Clare), Ireland and Leigh Creek, South Australia, Australia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Shannon Airport (SNN), Shannon (County Clare), Ireland and Leigh Creek Airport (LGH), Leigh Creek, South Australia, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,196 miles (or 16,410 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 Shannon Airport and Leigh Creek 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 Shannon Airport and Leigh Creek Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SNN / EINN |
Airport Names: |
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Location: | Shannon (County Clare), Ireland |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°42'6"N by 8°55'28"W |
Area Served: | Limerick City, Ireland |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Ireland |
Airport Type: | Commercial |
Elevation: | 46 feet (14 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SNN |
More Information: | SNN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LGH / YLEC |
Airport Name: | Leigh Creek Airport |
Location: | Leigh Creek, South Australia, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 30°35'53"S by 138°25'36"E |
Operator/Owner: | Flinders Energy |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 856 feet (261 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from LGH |
More Information: | LGH Maps & Info |
Facts about Shannon Airport (SNN):
- Shannon Airport handled 1,400,032 passengers last year.
- In November 2013, Aer Lingus announced a new twice-weekly service from Shannon to Malaga.
- CityJet launched a twice-daily route to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport in 2008 when Aer Lingus closed its London Heathrow flights.
- With the demise of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, Aeroflot began to suffer, which was a big loss to the airport.
- In addition to being known as "Shannon Airport", another name for SNN is "Aerfort na Sionainne".
- Shannon Airport (SNN) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Shannon Airport (SNN) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is nearly antipodal to Shannon Airport (meaning Shannon Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ryan's Creek Aerodrome), and is located 12,015 miles (19,336 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Shannon Airport (SNN) is Inisheer Aerodrome (INQ), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) NW of SNN.
- Because of Shannon Airport's relatively low elevation of 46 feet, planes can take off or land at Shannon 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.
Facts about Leigh Creek Airport (LGH):
- Because of Leigh Creek Airport's relatively low elevation of 856 feet, planes can take off or land at Leigh Creek 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 Leigh Creek Airport (LGH) is Wilpena Pound (HWK), which is located 67 miles (108 kilometers) S of LGH.
- The furthest airport from Leigh Creek Airport (LGH) is Flores Airport (FLW), which is located 11,587 miles (18,648 kilometers) away in Flores Island, Azores, Portugal.
- Leigh Creek Airport (LGH) has 2 runways.