Nonstop flight route between Shannon (County Clare), Ireland and Sharjah, United Arab Emirates:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Shannon Airport (SNN), Shannon (County Clare), Ireland and Sharjah International Airport (SHJ), Sharjah, United Arab Emirates would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,785 miles (or 6,092 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 Sharjah 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 Shannon Airport and Sharjah 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: | 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 |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SHJ / OMSJ |
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Location: | Sharjah, United Arab Emirates |
GPS Coordinates: | 25°19'45"N by 55°30'57"E |
Area Served: | Sharjah, UAE |
Operator/Owner: | Sharjah International Airport |
Airport Type: | Military/Public |
Elevation: | 116 feet (35 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SHJ |
More Information: | SHJ Maps & Info |
Facts about Shannon Airport (SNN):
- The closest airport to Shannon Airport (SNN) is Inisheer Aerodrome (INQ), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) NW of SNN.
- In addition to being known as "Shannon Airport", another name for SNN is "Aerfort na Sionainne".
- 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.
- Shannon Airport (SNN) currently has only 1 runway.
- Shannon Airport handled 1,400,032 passengers last year.
- 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.
- When World War II ended, the airport was ready to be used by the many new post-war commercial airlines of Europe and North America.
- 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.
- Delta Air Lines operated to Atlanta until 2007.
- CityJet launched a twice-daily route to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport in 2008 when Aer Lingus closed its London Heathrow flights.
Facts about Sharjah International Airport (SHJ):
- Sharjah International Airport (SHJ) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Sharjah International Airport (SHJ) is Dubai International Airport (DXB), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) WSW of SHJ.
- In addition to being known as "Sharjah International Airport", another name for SHJ is "مطار الشارقة الدولي".
- The furthest airport from Sharjah International Airport (SHJ) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 11,763 miles (18,931 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
- Sharjah International Airport handled 7,516,538 passengers last year.
- Because of Sharjah International Airport's relatively low elevation of 116 feet, planes can take off or land at Sharjah 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.
- The current Sharjah Airport was built in the 1970s and was opened on 1 January 1977.