Nonstop flight route between Albury, New South Wales, Australia and Vieux-Fort, Saint Lucia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Albury Airport (ABX), Albury, New South Wales, Australia and Hewanorra International Airport (UVF), Vieux-Fort, Saint Lucia would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,120 miles (or 16,287 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 Albury Airport and Hewanorra International 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 Albury Airport and Hewanorra International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Albury Airport (ABX):

• Albury Airport (ABX) currently has only 1 runway.
• Albury Airport handled 284,535 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Albury Airport (ABX) is Corowa Airport (CWW), which is located 34 miles (55 kilometers) W of ABX.
• The furthest airport from Albury Airport (ABX) is Flores Airport (FLW), which is nearly antipodal to Albury Airport (meaning Albury Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Flores Airport), and is located 12,180 miles (19,602 kilometers) away in Flores Island, Azores, Portugal.
• Because of Albury Airport's relatively low elevation of 539 feet, planes can take off or land at Albury 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.
• Virgin Australia now use ATR72 Turboprop aircraft and Brindabella Airlines no longer provide a regular service between Albury and Canberra.
• Virgin Australia launched services to Albury on 5 February 2008 with double-daily Embraer 170 services-one of its first new ports served by the aircraft.

Facts about Hewanorra International Airport (UVF):

• The airport is also equipped with RNAV, VOR/DME, and NDB approaches for both runways.
• Quebecair flight 714, a Boeing 707 jetliner operating a charter flight from Toronto, caught a wind shear while on approach to Hewanorra international airport on 19 February 1979.
• Hewanorra International Airport (UVF) currently has only 1 runway.
• The former USAF base was then refurbished and converted into a commercial airport.
• The closest airport to Hewanorra International Airport (UVF) is George F. L. Charles Airport (SLU), which is located 20 miles (32 kilometers) N of UVF.
• The furthest airport from Hewanorra International Airport (UVF) is Umbu Mehang Kunda Airport (WGP), which is nearly antipodal to Hewanorra International Airport (meaning Hewanorra International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Umbu Mehang Kunda Airport), and is located 12,143 miles (19,543 kilometers) away in Waingapu, Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.
• Because of Hewanorra International Airport's relatively low elevation of 14 feet, planes can take off or land at Hewanorra 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.