Nonstop flight route between Kalamazoo/Battle Creek, Michigan, United States and Mascot (near Sydney), Australia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport (AZO), Kalamazoo/Battle Creek, Michigan, United States and Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (SYD), Mascot (near Sydney), Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,357 miles (or 15,058 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 Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport and Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.
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Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | AZO / KAZO |
Airport Name: | Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport |
Location: | Kalamazoo/Battle Creek, Michigan, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 42°14'5"N by 85°33'6"W |
Area Served: | Kalamazoo / Battle Creek, Michigan |
Operator/Owner: | Kalamazoo County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 874 feet (266 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from AZO |
More Information: | AZO 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 Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport (AZO):
- In 2011 the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport was served by two major airlines who fly passengers to major hubs with worldwide connections.
- The furthest airport from Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport (AZO) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,180 miles (17,993 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport (AZO) is W. K. Kellogg Airport (BTL), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) ENE of AZO.
- The airport is currently served by two commercial passenger airlines which operate service to three hubs.
- Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport (AZO) has 3 runways.
- Because of Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport's relatively low elevation of 874 feet, planes can take off or land at Kalamazoo/Battle Creek 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.
- This continued after the firm was acquired by Pfizer.
- On April 4, 2004, a Cessna 172 operated by a university aviation training program, was blown off of the runway by high winds.
- In 1961 an air traffic control tower was built and the main runway was extended from 3,900 feet to 5,300.
Facts about Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (SYD):
- The closest airport to Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (SYD) is Bankstown Airport (BWU), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) W of SYD.
- Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (SYD) has 3 runways.
- 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".
- 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.
- Terminal 2, located in the airport's north-eastern section, was the former home of Ansett Australia's domestic operations.
- By the 1960s the need for a new international terminal had become apparent, and work commenced in late 1966.
- In December 2011, Sydney Airport announced a proposal to divide the airport into two airline-alliance-based precincts.
- The Darwin – Sydney route includes data from May 2012, prior data was not released.
- In 1933 the first gravel runways were built.
- In 1921 the federal government purchased 161 acres in Mascot for the purpose of creating a public airfield.
- In addition to being known as "Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport", another name for SYD is "Kingsford-Smith Airport".
- 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.
- Terminal 1 was opened on 3 May 1970, replacing the old Overseas Passenger Terminal and has been greatly expanded since then.
- The "third runway" which the Commonwealth government commenced development of in 1989 and completed in 1994, remained controversial because of increased aircraftmovements, especially over many inner suburbs.
- In 2002, the Australian Government sold Sydney Airports Corporation Limited, the management authority for the airport, to Southern Cross Airports Corporation Holdings Ltd.
- Sydney Airport had a fourth passenger terminal, east of Terminal 2.