Nonstop flight route between Cà Mau Province, Vietnam and Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Cà Mau Airport (CAH), Cà Mau Province, Vietnam and Rockhampton Airport (ROK), Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,797 miles (or 6,111 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 Cà Mau Airport and Rockhampton 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 Cà Mau Airport and Rockhampton Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Cà Mau Airport (CAH):

• Because of Cà Mau Airport's relatively low elevation of 6 feet, planes can take off or land at Cà Mau 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.
• Cà Mau Airport is a small airport in Cà Mau Province, the most southern part of Vietnam.
• In 2004, this airport handled 398 aircraft movements with 8975 passengers, 41,583 kg cargo.
• Cà Mau Airport (CAH) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Cà Mau Airport (CAH) is FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport (PCL), which is nearly antipodal to Cà Mau Airport (meaning Cà Mau Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport), and is located 12,379 miles (19,922 kilometers) away in Pucallpa, Peru.
• The closest airport to Cà Mau Airport (CAH) is Rach Gia Airport (VKG), which is located 54 miles (87 kilometers) N of CAH.
• In addition to being known as "Cà Mau Airport", another name for CAH is "Sân bay Cà Mau".
• In April 1975, following the fall of Saigon, the airport was controlled by communist forces.

Facts about Rockhampton Airport (ROK):

• In 2011, the airport handled 701,062 passengers and 12,606 aircraftmovements, a drop from the 2010 figure of 777,212 passengers and 14,602 aircraft.
• The Rockhampton Airport was named the 2007 Australian Major Airport of the Year at the prestigious National Awards in recognition of Excellence in Australian Aviation, in Melbourne on 13 November 2007.
• Because of Rockhampton Airport's relatively low elevation of 36 feet, planes can take off or land at Rockhampton 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.
• Rockhampton Airport handled 701,062 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Rockhampton Airport (ROK) is Agostinho Neto Airport (NTO), which is located 11,922 miles (19,187 kilometers) away in Ponta do Sol, Santo Antão, Cape Verde.
• Rockhampton Airport closed on 1 January 2011 due to flooding affecting the runway.
• In 2008, Rockhampton Airport completed an A$8.4 million terminal redevelopment.
• During 2008, new changes that will be occurring at the airport include the installation of new air-conditioners and lighting, a second security screening point, a larger departures lounge and 280 new seats.
• The closest airport to Rockhampton Airport (ROK) is Gladstone Airport (GLT), which is located 58 miles (94 kilometers) SE of ROK.
• Rockhampton Airport (ROK) has 2 runways.