Nonstop flight route between Naples, Florida, United States and Mascot (near Sydney), Australia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Naples Municipal Airport (APF), Naples, Florida, United States and Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (SYD), Mascot (near Sydney), Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,259 miles (or 14,901 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 Naples Municipal Airport and Sydney (Kingsford Smith) 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 Naples Municipal Airport and Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | APF / KAPF |
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Location: | Naples, Florida, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 26°9'8"N by 81°46'32"W |
Area Served: | Naples, Florida |
Operator/Owner: | City of Naples Airport Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 8 feet (2 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from APF |
More Information: | APF Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SYD / YSSY |
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Location: | Mascot (near Sydney), Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°56'45"S by 151°10'37"E |
Area Served: | Sydney |
Operator/Owner: | Sydney Airport Corporation Limited |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 21 feet (6 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from SYD |
More Information: | SYD Maps & Info |
Facts about Naples Municipal Airport (APF):
- The furthest airport from Naples Municipal Airport (APF) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,484 miles (18,482 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
- In addition to being known as "Naples Municipal Airport", another name for APF is "(former Naples Army Airfield)".
- The closest airport to Naples Municipal Airport (APF) is Marco Island Airport (MRK), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) SSE of APF.
- Although the airport served more than 100,000 passengers per year through 2000, geographic factors limited its capacity, and the opening of the much larger Southwest Florida International Airport in nearby Fort Myers drew medium-haul traffic away from Naples.
- Because of Naples Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 8 feet, planes can take off or land at Naples Municipal 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 2013 Federal sequester will result in the closure of the airport's contract control tower and will require pilots to rely on air traffic controllers from other area airports.
- Naples Municipal Airport (APF) has 3 runways.
- As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 3,316 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 514 enplanements in 2009, and 581 in 2010.
Facts about Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (SYD):
- The limitations of having only two runways that crossed each other had become apparent and governments grappled with Sydney's airport capacity for decades.
- In addition to the curfew, Sydney Airport also has a cap of 80 aircraft movements per hour which cannot be exceeded, leading to increased delays during peak hours.
- In addition to being known as "Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport", another name for SYD is "Kingsford-Smith Airport".
- The closest airport to Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (SYD) is Bankstown Airport (BWU), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) W of SYD.
- The furthest airport from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (SYD) is Santa Maria Airport (SMA), which is nearly antipodal to Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (meaning Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Santa Maria Airport), and is located 12,144 miles (19,543 kilometers) away in Santa Maria, Portugal.
- The area that the airport was situated was originally a bullock paddock.Nigel Love, a former wartime pilot, was looking into the possibilities for aviation in Australia.
- The local, state and federal governments have investigated the viability of building a second major airport in Sydney since the 1940s.
- Because of Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport's relatively low elevation of 21 feet, planes can take off or land at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) 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.
- In September 2012, Sydney Airport CEO Kerrie Mather announced the airport had abandoned the proposal to create alliance-based terminals in favour of terminals "based around specific airline requirements and transfer flows".
- Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (SYD) has 3 runways.
- Since the international terminal's original completion, it has undergone two large expansions.