Nonstop flight route between Atmautluak, Alaska, United States and Coolangatta, Queensland, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Atmautluak Airport (ATT), Atmautluak, Alaska, United States and Gold Coast Airport (OOL), Coolangatta, Queensland, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,634 miles (or 10,676 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 Atmautluak Airport and Gold Coast 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 Atmautluak Airport and Gold Coast Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Atmautluak Airport (ATT):

• The furthest airport from Atmautluak Airport (ATT) is Cape Town International Airport (CPT), which is located 10,578 miles (17,024 kilometers) away in Cape Town, South Africa.
• The closest airport to Atmautluak Airport (ATT) is Nunapitchuk Airport (NUP), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) WNW of ATT.
• Because of Atmautluak Airport's relatively low elevation of 17 feet, planes can take off or land at Atmautluak 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 "Atmautluak Airport", another name for ATT is "4A2".
• Atmautluak Airport (ATT) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Gold Coast Airport (OOL):

• Gold Coast Airport (OOL) has 2 runways.
• Because of Gold Coast Airport's relatively low elevation of 21 feet, planes can take off or land at Gold Coast 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.
• Despite the name change from Coolangatta Airport to Gold Coast Airport during the change of ownership, the airport still carries its original IATA Airport code, OOL.
• On 16 November 2010 Jetstar announced new daily direct services to Hobart.
• The airport opened an extension to the main runway as well as a full length parallel taxiway in May 2007.
• By 1958 the taxiways and runways were fully paved, with the latter being upgraded a decade later to allow jet operations with DC-9 and L-188 Electra aircraft to begin.
• Until 1999 the airport was known as Coolangatta Airport.
• Gold Coast Airport handled 5,261,773 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Gold Coast Airport (OOL) is La Palma Airport (SPC), which is located 11,905 miles (19,159 kilometers) away in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain.
• The closest airport to Gold Coast Airport (OOL) is Ballina Byron Gateway Airport (BNK), which is located 46 miles (75 kilometers) S of OOL.
• On 13 August 2012 Qantas announced that it will return to Gold Coast, flying from Sydney three times daily using a Boeing 737-800.