Nonstop flight route between Karijini National Park, Western Australia, Australia and Charleston, West Virginia, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Solomon Airport (SLJ), Karijini National Park, Western Australia, Australia and Yeager Airport (CRW), Charleston, West Virginia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,839 miles (or 17,444 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 Solomon Airport and Yeager 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 Solomon Airport and Yeager Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SLJ / YSOL |
Airport Name: | Solomon Airport |
Location: | Karijini National Park, Western Australia, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 22°15'19"S by 117°45'42"E |
Airport Type: | Public |
View all routes: | Routes from SLJ |
More Information: | SLJ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CRW / KCRW |
Airport Name: | Yeager Airport |
Location: | Charleston, West Virginia, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 38°22'32"N by 81°35'35"W |
Area Served: | Charleston, West Virginia |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 981 feet (299 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from CRW |
More Information: | CRW Maps & Info |
Facts about Solomon Airport (SLJ):
- The closest airport to Solomon Airport (SLJ) is Coolawanyah Station Airport (COY), which is located 32 miles (51 kilometers) N of SLJ.
- The furthest airport from Solomon Airport (SLJ) is Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport (AXA), which is nearly antipodal to Solomon Airport (meaning Solomon Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport), and is located 12,152 miles (19,557 kilometers) away in The Valley, Anguilla.
Facts about Yeager Airport (CRW):
- On July 28, 2010 a United Airlines Boeing 757 from Washington Dulles to San Diego was forced to divert to Yeager Airport in Charleston, West Virginia after smoke was detected in a restroom.
- On March 3, 2011, Spirit Airlines began flights to Fort Lauderdale and on May 5, 2011, Spirit started seasonal flights between Charleston and Myrtle Beach.
- The closest airport to Yeager Airport (CRW) is Raleigh County Memorial Airport (BKW), which is located 48 miles (77 kilometers) SSE of CRW.
- Yeager Airport (CRW) has 2 runways.
- The airport sits on a hilltop over 300 feet above the valleys of the Elk and Kanawha Rivers, and the hill drops off sharply on all sides.
- Because of Yeager Airport's relatively low elevation of 981 feet, planes can take off or land at Yeager 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.
- On August 10 1968, Piedmont Airlines Flight 230 was on an ILS localizer-only approach to runway 23 when it struck trees 360 feet from the runway threshold.
- The furthest airport from Yeager Airport (CRW) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,458 miles (18,440 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.