Nonstop flight route between Bankstown (near Sydney), New South Wales, Australia and Enid, Oklahoma, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Bankstown Airport (BWU), Bankstown (near Sydney), New South Wales, Australia and Enid Woodring Regional Airport (WDG), Enid, Oklahoma, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,633 miles (or 13,894 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 Enid Woodring 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 Enid Woodring Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BWU / YSBK |
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| Location: | Bankstown (near Sydney), New South Wales, Australia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 33°55'29"S by 150°59'17"E |
| Operator/Owner: | Bankstown Airport Ltd. |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 34 feet (10 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 3 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BWU |
| More Information: | BWU Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | WDG / KWDG |
| Airport Name: | Enid Woodring Regional Airport |
| Location: | Enid, Oklahoma, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 36°22'41"N by 97°47'20"W |
| Area Served: | Enid, Oklahoma |
| Operator/Owner: | City of Enid |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1167 feet (356 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from WDG |
| More Information: | WDG Maps & Info |
Facts about Bankstown Airport (BWU):
- 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.
- Bankstown has its own dedicated air traffic control tower, operated by Airservices Australia, and uses Class D airspace procedures.
- Bankstown Airport (BWU) has 3 runways.
- 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.
- Bankstown Airport operates 24 hours a day, with limitations placed on night circuit training.
- 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.
- In the late 1970s Hawker de Havilland relocated their Lidcombe plant to Bankstown Airport.
- 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".
- 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 airport offers a range of aviation and non-aviation settings with large hangars to accommodate grand scale indoor filming.
Facts about Enid Woodring Regional Airport (WDG):
- The closest airport to Enid Woodring Regional Airport (WDG) is Vance Air Force Base (END), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) WSW of WDG.
- Enid Woodring Regional Airport is a city owned, public use airport located four nautical miles southeast of the central business district of Enid, a city in Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States.
- Enid Woodring Regional Airport covers an area of 1,206 acres at an elevation of 1,167 feet above mean sea level.
- Enid Woodring Regional Airport (WDG) has 2 runways.
- For the 12-month period ending September 30, 2011, the airport had 36,000 aircraft operations, an average of 98 per day:53% military, 46% general aviation, and 2% air taxi.
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- The furthest airport from Enid Woodring Regional Airport (WDG) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,818 miles (17,410 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Enid's Airport was renamed Enid Woodring Municipal Airport on May 30, 1933 after Lieutenant Irvin A.
