Nonstop flight route between Burbank, California, United States and Canberra, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bob Hope Airport (BUR), Burbank, California, United States and Canberra Airport (CBR), Canberra, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,649 miles (or 12,311 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 Bob Hope Airport and Canberra 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 Bob Hope Airport and Canberra Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Bob Hope Airport (BUR):

• Bob Hope Airport (BUR) has 2 runways.
• Because of Bob Hope Airport's relatively low elevation of 778 feet, planes can take off or land at Bob Hope 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 facility remained Hollywood-Burbank Airport for more than a decade until 1978 when Lockheed sold the airport to the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority.
• In the late 1960s Pacific Airlines Boeing 727-100s flew nonstop to Las Vegas.
• The closest airport to Bob Hope Airport (BUR) is Whiteman Airport (WHP), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NW of BUR.
• After much debate between the Airport Authority, the city of Burbank, the Transportation Security Administration, and Burbank residents, in November 2007 it was decided that a new $8-million to $10-million baggage screening facility for Terminal B is legal, considering the anti-growth limitations placed on the airport.
• In 2005 the airport celebrated its 75th anniversary.
• In addition to being known as "Bob Hope Airport", another name for BUR is "(former Lockheed Air Terminal)".
• Boeing Aircraft and Transport was a holding company created in 1928 that included Boeing Aircraft and United Air Lines, itself a holding company for a collection of small airlines that continued to operate under their own names.
• The furthest airport from Bob Hope Airport (BUR) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,470 miles (18,459 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• Bob Hope Airport can be reached using the Hollywood Way exit off Interstate 5, the Hollywood Way or Pass Ave exit off State Route 134, or the Victory Boulevard exit off State Route 170.

Facts about Canberra Airport (CBR):

• The furthest airport from Canberra Airport (CBR) is Horta International Airport (HOR), which is nearly antipodal to Canberra Airport (meaning Canberra Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Horta International Airport), and is located 12,187 miles (19,612 kilometers) away in Horta, Azores, Portugal.
• Over a dozen office buildings have also been built on airport land at Brindabella Business Park and Fairbairn.
• The closest airport to Canberra Airport (CBR) is Goulburn Airport (GUL), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) NE of CBR.
• Canberra Airport handled 3,206,103 passengers last year.
• The Federal Transport Minister Anthony Albanese rejected Canberra International Airport's draft master plan in November 2008, on the grounds that it did not provide enough detail on the proposal to develop the airport into a freight hub.
• The building's two wings, the Southern Concourse and the Western Concourse are separated by an Atrium, the centrepiece of the terminal.
• In addition to being known as "Canberra Airport", another name for CBR is "Canberra International Airport".
• The project was given the go ahead by Canberra International Airport executive chairman Terry Snow, to start late 2009.
• Canberra Airport (CBR) has 2 runways.