Nonstop flight route between Bankstown (near Sydney), New South Wales, Australia and Salina, Kansas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bankstown Airport (BWU), Bankstown (near Sydney), New South Wales, Australia and Salina Regional Airport (SLN), Salina, Kansas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,693 miles (or 13,990 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 Salina Regional 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 Salina Regional 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):

• Bankstown Airport operates 24 hours a day, with limitations placed on night circuit training.
• Bankstown Airport (BWU) has 3 runways.
• Selective taxiways and aprons are rated at 20 tonnes and limited to 50 tonnes MTOW.
• The airport offers a range of aviation and non-aviation settings with large hangars to accommodate grand scale indoor filming.
• Bankstown has its own dedicated air traffic control tower, operated by Airservices Australia, and uses Class D airspace procedures.
• The closest airport to Bankstown Airport (BWU) is Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (SYD), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) E of BWU.
• 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 is a general aviation airport and business park located in the City of Bankstown, 22 km from the central business district of Sydney, Australia.
• The Australian Aviation Museum is located at Bankstown Airport and was opened in February, 1994
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Bankstown Airport", another name for BWU is "Sydney/Bankstown Airport".

Facts about Salina Regional Airport (SLN):

• Salina Regional Airport covers 2,862 acres at an elevation of 1,288 feet above mean sea level.
• Salina Regional Airport (SLN) has 4 runways.
• The closest airport to Salina Regional Airport (SLN) is Marshall Army AirfieldMarshall Air Force Base (FRI), which is located 51 miles (82 kilometers) ENE of SLN.
• The airport is on the site of the former Schilling Air Force Base.
• Being just about the middle of the USA, many corporate and private jets stop here to fuel and allow passengers to, 'stretch their legs'.
• The furthest airport from Salina Regional Airport (SLN) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,701 miles (17,222 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 5,170 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 2,868 in 2009 and 3,144 in 2010.