Nonstop flight route between Gayndah, Queensland, Australia and Fairbanks / Fort Wainwright, Alaska, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Gayndah Airport (GAH), Gayndah, Queensland, Australia and Ladd Army Airfield (FBK), Fairbanks / Fort Wainwright, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,032 miles (or 11,317 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 Gayndah Airport and Ladd Army 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 Gayndah Airport and Ladd Army Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GAH / YGAY |
Airport Name: | Gayndah Airport |
Location: | Gayndah, Queensland, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 25°36'55"S by 151°37'14"E |
Operator/Owner: | North Burnett Regional Council |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 369 feet (112 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GAH |
More Information: | GAH Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FBK / PAFB |
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Location: | Fairbanks / Fort Wainwright, Alaska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 64°50'15"N by 147°36'51"W |
Area Served: | Fort Wainwright |
Operator/Owner: | United States Army |
Airport Type: | Military: Army Airfield |
Elevation: | 454 feet (138 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from FBK |
More Information: | FBK Maps & Info |
Facts about Gayndah Airport (GAH):
- Because of Gayndah Airport's relatively low elevation of 369 feet, planes can take off or land at Gayndah 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 closest airport to Gayndah Airport (GAH) is Bundaberg Airport (BDB), which is located 66 miles (106 kilometers) NE of GAH.
- Gayndah Airport (GAH) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Gayndah Airport (GAH) is Agostinho Neto Airport (NTO), which is located 11,818 miles (19,020 kilometers) away in Ponta do Sol, Santo Antão, Cape Verde.
Facts about Ladd Army Airfield (FBK):
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- Ladd Army Airfield (FBK) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Ladd Army Airfield's relatively low elevation of 454 feet, planes can take off or land at Ladd Army 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 Ladd Army Airfield (FBK) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,286 miles (16,554 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
- The closest airport to Ladd Army Airfield (FBK) is Fairbanks International Airport (FAI), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) WSW of FBK.
- The airplanes arrived at Ladd were stripped of all but basic instrumentation and armament.
- In addition to being known as "Ladd Army Airfield", another name for FBK is "(Ladd Air Force Base)".
- By the end of the war, 7,926 aircraft were ferried though Ladd Field.