Nonstop flight route between Ust-Kut, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia and Istanbul, Turkey:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Ust-Kut Airport (UKX), Ust-Kut, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia and İstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW), Istanbul, Turkey would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,442 miles (or 5,539 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 Ust-Kut Airport and İstanbul Sabiha Gökçen 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 Ust-Kut Airport and İstanbul Sabiha Gökçen 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: | UKX / UITT |
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Location: | Ust-Kut, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia |
GPS Coordinates: | 56°51'24"N by 105°43'48"E |
Area Served: | Ust-Kut |
Operator/Owner: | JSC «Aeroport Ust-Kut» |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2188 feet (667 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from UKX |
More Information: | UKX Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SAW / LTFJ |
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Location: | Istanbul, Turkey |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°53'53"N by 29°18'33"E |
Area Served: | Istanbul |
Operator/Owner: | Limak-GMR-MAHB |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 312 feet (95 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SAW |
More Information: | SAW Maps & Info |
Facts about Ust-Kut Airport (UKX):
- Ust-Kut Airport (UKX) currently has only 1 runway.
- In 1966, the airport received the first cargo plane Antonov An-12.
- Reconstruction plan for the airport is included in the federal program of revival of significant airports, but in 2009 the airport "Ust-Kut" is "not necessarily important for the partners." Despite this, according to the General Director of JSC "Ust-Kut Airport" by Yuri Samorokov, it is expected that full-scale reconstruction would still be carried out in 2015.
- The closest airport to Ust-Kut Airport (UKX) is Kirensk Airport (KCK), which is located 108 miles (173 kilometers) NE of UKX.
- In addition to being known as "Ust-Kut Airport", another name for UKX is "Аэропорт Усть-Кут".
- Ust-Kut Airport handled 24,291 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Ust-Kut Airport (UKX) is Ushuaia International Airport (USH), which is nearly antipodal to Ust-Kut Airport (meaning Ust-Kut Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ushuaia International Airport), and is located 12,167 miles (19,580 kilometers) away in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.
- During World War II an airfield was built here for the Alaska-Siberian air route used to ferry American Lend-Lease aircraft to the Eastern Front.
Facts about İstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW):
- İstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from İstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,160 miles (17,961 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
- Because of İstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport's relatively low elevation of 312 feet, planes can take off or land at İstanbul Sabiha Gökçen 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.
- AKMIS SEYAHAT Agency City Busses have schedule services nearly cities which are Bursa, Kocaeli and Sakarya.
- İstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport handled 1,864,184 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to İstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) is Istanbul Atatürk Airport (IST), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) WNW of SAW.
- In addition to being known as "İstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport", another name for SAW is "Sabiha Gökçen Uluslararası Havalimanı".