Nonstop flight route between Knee Lake, Manitoba, Canada and Shannon (County Clare), Ireland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Knee Lake Airport (YKE), Knee Lake, Manitoba, Canada and Shannon Airport (SNN), Shannon (County Clare), Ireland would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,280 miles (or 5,278 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 Knee Lake Airport and Shannon 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 Knee Lake Airport and Shannon Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YKE / |
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Location: | Knee Lake, Manitoba, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 54°54'55"N by 94°47'53"W |
Operator/Owner: | North Star Transit |
Airport Type: | Private |
Elevation: | 625 feet (191 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YKE |
More Information: | YKE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SNN / EINN |
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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 |
Facts about Knee Lake Airport (YKE):
- The closest airport to Knee Lake Airport (YKE) is Oxford House Airport (YOH), which is located only 19 miles (31 kilometers) W of YKE.
- In addition to being known as "Knee Lake Airport", another name for YKE is "CJT3".
- Knee Lake Airport (YKE) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Knee Lake Airport (YKE) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,397 miles (16,733 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Because of Knee Lake Airport's relatively low elevation of 625 feet, planes can take off or land at Knee Lake 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 Shannon Airport (SNN):
- Shannon Airport handled 1,400,032 passengers last year.
- In December 2012, it was announced that Shannon Airport would separate from the Dublin Airport Authority, who still own Dublin and Cork airports.
- In November 2012, Aer Lingus also confirmed a new three-times-weekly service to Faro, Portugal, operating from May to September with an Airbus A320, strengthening Shannon's summer-sun destinations.
- In 1969, it was announced that a new government agency, Aer Rianta, would be given responsibility for Shannon Airport.
- 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.
- In addition to being known as "Shannon Airport", another name for SNN is "Aerfort na Sionainne".
- Shannon Airport (SNN) currently has only 1 runway.
- 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.
- The number of international carriers rose sharply in succeeding years as Shannon became well known as the gateway between Europe and the Americas.
- With the demise of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, Aeroflot began to suffer, which was a big loss to the airport.
- The closest airport to Shannon Airport (SNN) is Inisheer Aerodrome (INQ), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) NW of SNN.