Nonstop flight route between Alerta, Peru and Cairns, Queensland, Australia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Alerta Airport (ALD), Alerta, Peru and Cairns Airport (CNS), Cairns, Queensland, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,332 miles (or 15,019 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 Alerta Airport and Cairns 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 Alerta Airport and Cairns Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ALD / SPAR |
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Location: | Alerta, Peru |
GPS Coordinates: | 11°40'58"S by 69°19'58"W |
Area Served: | Alerta, Ucayali Region, Peru |
Operator/Owner: | CORPAC S.A. |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 800 feet (244 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from ALD |
More Information: | ALD Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CNS / YBCS |
Airport Name: | Cairns Airport |
Location: | Cairns, Queensland, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 16°53'12"S by 145°45'17"E |
Area Served: | Cairns, Queensland, Australia |
Operator/Owner: | North Queensland Airports Group |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 10 feet (3 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CNS |
More Information: | CNS Maps & Info |
Facts about Alerta Airport (ALD):
- Because of Alerta Airport's relatively low elevation of 800 feet, planes can take off or land at Alerta 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.
- In addition to being known as "Alerta Airport", another name for ALD is "Aeropuerto de Alerta".
- The closest airport to Alerta Airport (ALD) is Iberia Airport (IBP), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) NNW of ALD.
- The furthest airport from Alerta Airport (ALD) is Cam Ranh International Airport (CXR), which is nearly antipodal to Alerta Airport (meaning Alerta Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cam Ranh International Airport), and is located 12,337 miles (19,854 kilometers) away in Cam Ranh, Khánh Hòa, Vietnam.
Facts about Cairns Airport (CNS):
- Cairns Airport goes back to 1928 when Tom McDonald started flying his de Havilland Gipsy Moth off a sand ridge near the present airport.
- Because of Cairns Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Cairns 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 airport has a single runway which is 3,156 m long.
- Cairns Airport handled 3,848,728 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Cairns Airport (CNS) is Agostinho Neto Airport (NTO), which is located 11,832 miles (19,041 kilometers) away in Ponta do Sol, Santo Antão, Cape Verde.
- The airport has direct flights to 20 international and 44 domestic destinations and many general aviation flights including a number of helicopter operators.
- The closest airport to Cairns Airport (CNS) is Mareeba Airfield (MRG), which is located 26 miles (41 kilometers) WSW of CNS.
- Cairns Airport (CNS) currently has only 1 runway.