Nonstop flight route between Newman, Western Australia, Australia and Lompoc, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Newman Airport (ZNE), Newman, Western Australia, Australia and Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG), Lompoc, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,762 miles (or 14,101 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 Newman Airport and Vandenberg Air Force Base, 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 Newman Airport and Vandenberg Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ZNE / YNWN |
Airport Name: | Newman Airport |
Location: | Newman, Western Australia, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 23°25'4"S by 119°48'10"E |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1724 feet (525 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ZNE |
More Information: | ZNE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | VBG / KVBG |
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Location: | Lompoc, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°43'57"N by 120°34'5"W |
View all routes: | Routes from VBG |
More Information: | VBG Maps & Info |
Facts about Newman Airport (ZNE):
- The closest airport to Newman Airport (ZNE) is Barimunya Airport (BYP), which is located 65 miles (105 kilometers) NW of ZNE.
- Drag races were held on the airport runway annually.
- Newman Airport (ZNE) currently has only 1 runway.
- Newman Airport was ranked 28th in Australia for the number of revenue passengers served in financial year 2010-2011.
- Newman Airport handled 221,104 passengers last year.
- The airport is owned and maintained by the Shire of East Pilbara.
- The furthest airport from Newman Airport (ZNE) is Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport (AXA), which is nearly antipodal to Newman Airport (meaning Newman Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport), and is located 12,032 miles (19,364 kilometers) away in The Valley, Anguilla.
- As of 2008 the airport is undergoing an expansion project to improve both customer service and services to the airlines that use the airport.
- The new terminal building will provide improved services such as conveyors in a new undercover baggage collection area, and a larger waiting room.
Facts about Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG):
- From August 1950 to February 1953, Camp Cooke served as a training installation for units slated for combat in Korea, and as a summer training base for many other reserve units.
- 30th Operations Group
- In March 1945, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general, and full general in 1947.
- The closest airport to Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG) is Lompoc Airport (LPC), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) SE of VBG.
- The host unit at Vandenberg AFB is the 30th Space Wing.
- The furthest airport from Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,479 miles (18,473 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- 576th Flight Test Squadron
- In addition to being known as "Vandenberg Air Force Base", another name for VBG is "Vandenberg AFB".