Nonstop flight route between Port Hedland, Western Australia, Australia and Northampton / Peterborough, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Port Hedland International Airport (PHE), Port Hedland, Western Australia, Australia and Sywell Aerodrome (ORM), Northampton / Peterborough, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,557 miles (or 13,772 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 Port Hedland International Airport and Sywell Aerodrome, 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 Port Hedland International Airport and Sywell Aerodrome. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PHE / YPPD |
Airport Name: | Port Hedland International Airport |
Location: | Port Hedland, Western Australia, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 20°22'40"S by 118°37'35"E |
Area Served: | Port Hedland and South Hedland |
Operator/Owner: | Town of Port Hedland |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 33 feet (10 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from PHE |
More Information: | PHE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ORM / EGBK |
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Location: | Northampton / Peterborough, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°18'21"N by 0°47'31"W |
Area Served: | Northampton, Wellingborough, Kettering and Rushden |
Airport Type: | Private |
Elevation: | 424 feet (129 meters) |
# of Runways: | 4 |
View all routes: | Routes from ORM |
More Information: | ORM Maps & Info |
Facts about Port Hedland International Airport (PHE):
- Because of Port Hedland International Airport's relatively low elevation of 33 feet, planes can take off or land at Port Hedland 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.
- The closest airport to Port Hedland International Airport (PHE) is Coolawanyah Station Airport (COY), which is located 113 miles (181 kilometers) SSW of PHE.
- The furthest airport from Port Hedland International Airport (PHE) is Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport (AXA), which is nearly antipodal to Port Hedland International Airport (meaning Port Hedland International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport), and is located 12,251 miles (19,716 kilometers) away in The Valley, Anguilla.
- *Port Hedland-Perth route data only included from August 2009
- Port Hedland International Airport handled 367,690 passengers last year.
- Port Hedland International Airport (PHE) has 2 runways.
Facts about Sywell Aerodrome (ORM):
- Music in Flight is an airshow held at Sywell, in which an orchestra plays classical music to accompany flying aircraft, hot air balloons, the Red Devils parachute display team and a fireworks display.
- Northampton Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee.
- The aereodrome also houses the Sywell Aviation Museum dedicated to telling the wartime history of the site and the airmen that used it.
- Sywell Aerodrome (ORM) has 4 runways.
- The closest airport to Sywell Aerodrome (ORM) is Milton Keynes Airport (KYN), which is located only 18 miles (30 kilometers) S of ORM.
- Because of Sywell Aerodrome's relatively low elevation of 424 feet, planes can take off or land at Sywell Aerodrome 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 Sywell Aerodrome (ORM) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,838 miles (19,051 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- In addition to being known as "Sywell Aerodrome", another name for ORM is "Northampton/Sywell Aerodrome".
- Sywell has three all-grass operational runways and a fourth all-weather concrete runway.