Nonstop flight route between Canberra, Australia and Dijon, France:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Canberra Airport (CBR), Canberra, Australia and Dijon Air Base (DIJ), Dijon, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,421 miles (or 16,771 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 Canberra Airport and Dijon Air Base, 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 Canberra Airport and Dijon Air Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Canberra Airport (CBR):

• In the years since the sale of the lease to Canberra International Airport Pty Ltd, a series of upgrades have taken place at the Airport including major terminal upgrades.
• In the second half of 2008, Canberra International Airport Pty Ltd started referring to itself as "Canberra Airport".
• In addition to being known as "Canberra Airport", another name for CBR is "Canberra International Airport".
• Several new hangars and buildings have been erected in both Fairbairn and near the terminal.
• Canberra Airport handled 3,206,103 passengers last year.
• Canberra Airport (CBR) has 2 runways.
• The Western Concourse opened in March 2013 and conjoins onto the Southern Concourse Terminal.
• The project was given the go ahead by Canberra International Airport executive chairman Terry Snow, to start late 2009.
• The furthest airport from Canberra Airport (CBR) is Horta International Airport (HOR), which is nearly antipodal to Canberra Airport (meaning Canberra Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Horta International Airport), and is located 12,187 miles (19,612 kilometers) away in Horta, Azores, Portugal.
• The closest airport to Canberra Airport (CBR) is Goulburn Airport (GUL), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) NE of CBR.

Facts about Dijon Air Base (DIJ):

• Operating as a joint civilian base, it is also a commercial airport.
• Effective the evening of 04 June 2014, there are no scheduled passenger flights from Dijon
• The furthest airport from Dijon Air Base (DIJ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Dijon Air Base (meaning Dijon Air Base is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,186 miles (19,612 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Dijon Air Base (DIJ) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Dijon Air Base (DIJ) is Dole - Jura Airport (DLE), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) SE of DIJ.
• In addition to being known as "Dijon Air Base", another name for DIJ is "(Advanced Landing Ground Y-9)".
• While under Luftwaffe control, Dijon Air Base was attacked by the United States Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force heavy B-17 Flying Fortress groups on several occasions in 1944.
• Because of Dijon Air Base's relatively low elevation of 726 feet, planes can take off or land at Dijon Air Base 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.
• It was also the Headquarters of the 42d Bombardment Group between November 1944 and July 1945.