Describing a "
great circle route" arcing across North America and including a transoceanic flight to South America, the study confirms an epic migration journey that scientists had long suspected but not yet proved.
Most Minnesotans aren't aware of Duluth's other big geographic advantage: its position on the
Great Circle Route flight path between northern Europe and the western United States' biggest population centers.
By Article 7(4) Regulation 261 the above distances are to be measured by "the
great circle route" being the shortest arc connecting two points on the surface of a sphere, but what is the position if connecting stopovers are involved in the passenger's overall journey and there is more than one flight in that journey?
The Port of Adak is strategically located at the intersection of the North Pacific
Great Circle Route and the Northwest Passage, Transpolar Route, and Northern Sea Route and can be used as a transshipping hub.
The
Great Circle route between Durango and Aspen is only 131 nm, but the surface route likely is substantially longer, possibly making this a five-or-six-hour drive.
Close the route drawer and a
great circle route between the origin and destination airport is displayed.