Nonstop flight route between Saarbrücken, Germany and Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Saarbrücken Airport (SCN), Saarbrücken, Germany and Rockhampton Airport (ROK), Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,770 miles (or 15,724 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 Saarbrücken Airport and Rockhampton 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 Saarbrücken Airport and Rockhampton Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SCN / EDDR |
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Location: | Saarbrücken, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 49°12'51"N by 7°6'33"E |
Area Served: | Saarbrücken, Germany |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1058 feet (322 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from SCN |
More Information: | SCN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ROK / YBRK |
Airport Name: | Rockhampton Airport |
Location: | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 23°22'54"S by 150°28'29"E |
Area Served: | Rockhampton, Queensland |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 36 feet (11 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from ROK |
More Information: | ROK Maps & Info |
Facts about Saarbrücken Airport (SCN):
- In June 2011, 46,189 passengers used Saarbrücken Airport and it handled 452,314 passengers in the same entire year.
- Saarbrücken Airport (SCN) has 2 runways.
- The airport is linked to motorways A1/A6 which connect to Saarbrücken itself, to the cities of Trier and Mannheim and to Luxembourg.
- In addition to being known as "Saarbrücken Airport", another name for SCN is "Flughafen Saarbrücken".
- Saarbrücken Airport, or Flughafen Saarbrücken or Ensheim Airport in German, is a minor international airport in Saarbrücken, the capital of the German state of Saarland.
- The furthest airport from Saarbrücken Airport (SCN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Saarbrücken Airport (meaning Saarbrücken Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,027 miles (19,355 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Saarbrücken Airport (SCN) is Zweibrücken Airport (ZQW), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) E of SCN.
Facts about Rockhampton Airport (ROK):
- The furthest airport from Rockhampton Airport (ROK) is Agostinho Neto Airport (NTO), which is located 11,922 miles (19,187 kilometers) away in Ponta do Sol, Santo Antão, Cape Verde.
- Rockhampton Airport (ROK) has 2 runways.
- Because of Rockhampton Airport's relatively low elevation of 36 feet, planes can take off or land at Rockhampton 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 Rockhampton Airport (ROK) is Gladstone Airport (GLT), which is located 58 miles (94 kilometers) SE of ROK.
- Rockhampton Airport handled 701,062 passengers last year.
- During World War II, facilities at the airport were substantially upgraded.