Nonstop flight route between Canberra, Australia and Lasham, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Canberra Airport (CBR), Canberra, Australia and Lasham Airfield (QLA), Lasham, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,600 miles (or 17,060 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 Canberra Airport and Lasham Airfield, 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 Canberra Airport and Lasham Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CBR / YSCB |
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Location: | Canberra, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°18'24"S by 149°11'41"E |
Area Served: | Canberra |
Operator/Owner: | Capital Airport Group Pty Ltd |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1886 feet (575 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from CBR |
More Information: | CBR Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | QLA / EGHL |
Airport Name: | Lasham Airfield |
Location: | Lasham, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°11'13"N by 1°2'0"W |
Area Served: | Lasham, Hampshire, England |
Operator/Owner: | Lasham Gliding Society |
Airport Type: | Private |
Elevation: | 618 feet (188 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from QLA |
More Information: | QLA Maps & Info |
Facts about Canberra Airport (CBR):
- The airport was built up from an old airstrip that was first laid down in the 1920s, not long after the National Capital site was decided.
- The furthest airport from Canberra Airport (CBR) is Horta International Airport (HOR), which is nearly antipodal to Canberra Airport (meaning Canberra Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Horta International Airport), and is located 12,187 miles (19,612 kilometers) away in Horta, Azores, Portugal.
- Canberra International Airport, now trading as Canberra Airport, is the airport serving Australia's capital city, Canberra, and the city of Queanbeyan, NSW.
- The Western Concourse opened in March 2013 and conjoins onto the Southern Concourse Terminal.
- In the years since the sale of the lease to Canberra International Airport Pty Ltd, a series of upgrades have taken place at the Airport including major terminal upgrades.
- In addition to being known as "Canberra Airport", another name for CBR is "Canberra International Airport".
- Several new hangars and buildings have been erected in both Fairbairn and near the terminal.
- Canberra Airport (CBR) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Canberra Airport (CBR) is Goulburn Airport (GUL), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) NE of CBR.
- In 2008, Canberra International Airport launched an advertising campaign in support of the idea of having Canberra considered as Sydney's Second Airport.
- The project was given the go ahead by Canberra International Airport executive chairman Terry Snow, to start late 2009.
- Canberra Airport handled 3,206,103 passengers last year.
Facts about Lasham Airfield (QLA):
- LGS's 90+ instructors train new pilots at all stages from Ab initio through to competitive cross-country flying.
- Derek Piggott was Chief Flying Instructor at Lasham during much of the period from 1953 to 1989.
- Because of Lasham Airfield's relatively low elevation of 618 feet, planes can take off or land at Lasham Airfield 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 furthest airport from Lasham Airfield (QLA) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,896 miles (19,145 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- Lasham Airfield (QLA) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Lasham Airfield (QLA) is RAF Odiham (ODH), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NE of QLA.
- In 1950 the Army Gliding Club was re-established by Major Tony Deane-Drummond, then an instructor at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
- Lasham Gliding Society was established in 1958 to unify operations of the gliding clubs that had been operating since 1951.