Nonstop flight route between Yola, Nigeria and Jandakot, Western Australia, Australia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Yola Airport (YOL), Yola, Nigeria and Jandakot Airport (JAD), Jandakot, Western Australia, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,342 miles (or 11,815 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 Yola Airport and Jandakot 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 Yola Airport and Jandakot Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YOL / DNYO |
Airport Name: | Yola Airport |
Location: | Yola, Nigeria |
GPS Coordinates: | 9°15'27"N by 12°25'49"E |
Area Served: | Yola, Nigeria |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 599 feet (183 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YOL |
More Information: | YOL Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | JAD / YPJT |
Airport Name: | Jandakot Airport |
Location: | Jandakot, Western Australia, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 32°5'50"S by 115°52'51"E |
Operator/Owner: | Jandakot Airport Holdings |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 99 feet (30 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from JAD |
More Information: | JAD Maps & Info |
Facts about Yola Airport (YOL):
- Because of Yola Airport's relatively low elevation of 599 feet, planes can take off or land at Yola 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 furthest airport from Yola Airport (YOL) is Fitiuta Airport (FTI), which is nearly antipodal to Yola Airport (meaning Yola Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Fitiuta Airport), and is located 12,072 miles (19,428 kilometers) away in Fiti‘uta, American Samoa, United States.
- The closest airport to Yola Airport (YOL) is Garoua International Airport (GOU), which is located 64 miles (103 kilometers) E of YOL.
- Yola Airport handled 108,677 passengers last year.
- Yola Airport (YOL) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Jandakot Airport (JAD):
- On 15 June 2006, Jandakot Airport Holdings, after being bought out by property developer Ascot Capital Limited, announced a proposal to relocate the airport's operations to the southern outskirts of Perth, possibly to a site in the Shire of Murray near the city of Mandurah.
- Jandakot Airport (JAD) has 3 runways.
- Originally built on unproductive farm lands, it is now among residential suburbs in the south of the Perth metropolitan area, within the City of Cockburn, and just south of Leeming and west of Canning Vale.
- The airport recorded 275,506 aircraft movements in fiscal year 2011, making it the busiest airport in Australia in terms of aircraft movements.
- Because of Jandakot Airport's relatively low elevation of 99 feet, planes can take off or land at Jandakot 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.
- This airport has three runways, 06L/24R, 1,392 m × 30 m, 06R/24L, 1,150 m × 18 m, and 12/30, 990 m × 30 m.
- The furthest airport from Jandakot Airport (JAD) is L.F. Wade International Airport (BDA), which is nearly antipodal to Jandakot Airport (meaning Jandakot Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from L.F. Wade International Airport), and is located 12,399 miles (19,955 kilometers) away in Ferry Reach (near Hamilton), Bermuda.
- The closest airport to Jandakot Airport (JAD) is Perth Airport (PER), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) NNE of JAD.
- On the main road opposite the tower there is a memorial to Robin Miller, the "Sugarbird Lady", who as a nurse and later RFDS pilot brought vaccinations to remote Western Australian communities.