Nonstop flight route between Bankstown (near Sydney), New South Wales, Australia and Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bankstown Airport (BWU), Bankstown (near Sydney), New South Wales, Australia and Ohrid Airport (OHD), Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,703 miles (or 15,616 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 Ohrid 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 Ohrid 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):

• 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 airport's master plan was approved in March 2005 by the Minister for Transport and Regional Services.
• The closest airport to Bankstown Airport (BWU) is Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (SYD), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) E of BWU.
• In addition to being known as "Bankstown Airport", another name for BWU is "Sydney/Bankstown Airport".
• In the late 1970s Hawker de Havilland relocated their Lidcombe plant to Bankstown Airport.
• 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.
• During the war, several "dummy houses" were built to make Bankstown Airport and its surrounds appear as a farm, hangars were disguised as houses with fake roads to further confuse the enemy.
• The Australian Aviation Museum is located at Bankstown Airport and was opened in February, 1994
• 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.
• Bankstown Airport (BWU) has 3 runways.
• The existing small passenger terminal at the airport is capable of handling up to 200 passengers per hour.
• Bankstown has its own dedicated air traffic control tower, operated by Airservices Australia, and uses Class D airspace procedures.

Facts about Ohrid Airport (OHD):

• On 20 November 1993 Avioimpex Flight 110, a Yak 42D crashed near the airport.
• The last runway reconstruction was performed in 2004, when a lighting system, a first category with simple approach lights, was installed.
• Ohrid Airport (OHD) currently has only 1 runway.
• Ohrid Airport is home to 9 airline offices at the airport itself.
• Ohrid Airport handled 7,804 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Ohrid Airport (OHD) is Tirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA), which is located 55 miles (89 kilometers) WNW of OHD.
• In addition to being known as "Ohrid Airport", other names for OHD include "Аеродром Охрид" and "Aerodrom Ohrid".
• The furthest airport from Ohrid Airport (OHD) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,544 miles (18,578 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.