Nonstop flight route between Canberra, Australia and Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Canberra Airport (CBR), Canberra, Australia and Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport (SPA), Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,579 miles (or 15,416 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 Spartanburg Downtown Memorial 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 Canberra Airport and Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Canberra Airport (CBR):

• Over a dozen office buildings have also been built on airport land at Brindabella Business Park and Fairbairn.
• In addition to being known as "Canberra Airport", another name for CBR is "Canberra International Airport".
• These plans were placed on hold in late 2008 as a result of the Global economic crisis.
• The Federal Transport Minister Anthony Albanese rejected Canberra International Airport's draft master plan in November 2008, on the grounds that it did not provide enough detail on the proposal to develop the airport into a freight hub.
• Canberra Airport (CBR) has 2 runways.
• The Western Concourse opened in March 2013 and conjoins onto the Southern Concourse Terminal.
• Canberra Airport handled 3,206,103 passengers last year.
• 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 Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport (SPA):

• The furthest airport from Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport (SPA) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,463 miles (18,449 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport contributes $15.4 million to the local economy.
• The closest airport to Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport (SPA) is Greenville–Spartanburg International Airport (GSP), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) W of SPA.
• During World War II the airport was a training facility for the United States Army Air Corp and a refueling stop for naval aviators.
• Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport (SPA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport once had three intersecting runways with a parallel taxiway system that connected them to the aircraft parking apron.
• Because of Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport's relatively low elevation of 801 feet, planes can take off or land at Spartanburg Downtown Memorial 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.