Nonstop flight route between Big Creek, Belize and Coolangatta, Queensland, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Big Creek Airport (BGK), Big Creek, Belize and Gold Coast Airport (OOL), Coolangatta, Queensland, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,439 miles (or 13,581 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 Big Creek 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 Big Creek 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 Big Creek Airport (BGK):

• Because of Big Creek Airport's relatively low elevation of 16 feet, planes can take off or land at Big Creek 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 closest airport to Big Creek Airport (BGK) is Independence Airport (INB), which is located only 1 mile (1 kilometer) NE of BGK.
• Big Creek Airport (BGK) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Big Creek Airport (BGK) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,976 miles (19,273 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.

Facts about Gold Coast Airport (OOL):

• On 1 January 1988 the airport ownership was transferred from the government to the Federal Airports Corporation.
• 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 28 September 2012 Qantas Commenced services to Sydney.
• 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.
• On 30 March 2011 Gold Coast Airport was named the Best Regional Airport Asia/Pacific and was awarded the staff Service Excellence Australia/Pacific award at the Skytrax World Airport Awards in Copenhagen, Denmark.
• The airport opened an extension to the main runway as well as a full length parallel taxiway in May 2007.
• Gold Coast Airport handled 5,261,773 passengers last year.
• 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.
• Gold Coast Airport (OOL) has 2 runways.