Nonstop flight route between Bankstown (near Sydney), New South Wales, Australia and Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bankstown Airport (BWU), Bankstown (near Sydney), New South Wales, Australia and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,590 miles (or 13,824 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 Bankstown Airport and Dallas/Fort Worth 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 Bankstown Airport and Dallas/Fort Worth 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 Bankstown Airport (BWU):

• On 26 September 2011, a Cessna 152 registered VH-HCE and operated by Basair Pty Ltd experienced total power loss due to fuel contamination with water.
• In the late 1970s Hawker de Havilland relocated their Lidcombe plant to Bankstown Airport.
• Bankstown Airport was originally planned in 1929.
• In addition to being known as "Bankstown Airport", another name for BWU is "Sydney/Bankstown Airport".
• The terminal plays host to numerous events year round such as the annual Sydney Aviation Model Show.
• The closest airport to Bankstown Airport (BWU) is Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (SYD), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) E of BWU.
• The furthest airport from Bankstown Airport (BWU) is Santa Maria Airport (SMA), which is nearly antipodal to Bankstown Airport (meaning Bankstown Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Santa Maria Airport), and is located 12,135 miles (19,529 kilometers) away in Santa Maria, Portugal.
• The Australian Aviation Museum is located at Bankstown Airport and was opened in February, 1994
• When General MacArthur arrived in Australia, during World War II, Bankstown Airport was used by the United States Army Air Forces, and was established as a key strategic air base to support the war effort in 1942.
• Bankstown Airport is a general aviation airport and business park located in the City of Bankstown, 22 km from the central business district of Sydney, Australia.
• Because of Bankstown Airport's relatively low elevation of 34 feet, planes can take off or land at Bankstown 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.
• Runway 11C/29C has three stage, medium intensity edge lights and a Precision Approach Path Indicator or.
• Bankstown Airport (BWU) has 3 runways.

Facts about Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW):

• DFW Airport is undergoing a $1.9 billion "Terminal Renewal and Improvement Program", which encompasses renovations of Terminals A, B, C and E.
• Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) has 7 runways.
• Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport handled 60,470,507 passengers last year.
• Terminal A and its parking garage has been undergoing renovation, in phases, with the first phase now complete.
• Under the original 1967 airport design, DFW was to have pier-shaped terminals perpendicular to a central highway.
• Because of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport's relatively low elevation of 607 feet, planes can take off or land at Dallas/Fort Worth 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.
• This terminal was originally called "Terminal 2W" when the airport first opened.
• The closest airport to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) is Dallas Love Field (DAL), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) ESE of DFW.
• The furthest airport from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,926 miles (17,583 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Braniff International Airways was a major operator at DFW in the airport's early years, operating a hub from Terminal 2W with international flights to South America and Mexico from 1974, London from 1978 and Europe and Asia from 1979, before ceasing all operations in 1982.