Nonstop flight route between Paris, France and Gladstone, Queensland, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG), Paris, France and Gladstone Airport (GLT), Gladstone, Queensland, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,009 miles (or 16,109 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 Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport and Gladstone 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 Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport and Gladstone Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG):

• In addition to being known as "Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport", other names for CDG include "Aéroport Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle" and "Roissy Airport".
• Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport handled 62,052,917 passengers last year.
• Terminal 3 consists of separate buildings for both arrivals and departures.
• The central building, with a vast skylight in its centre, sees each floor dedicated to a single function.
• The furthest airport from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (meaning Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,074 miles (19,432 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Before this accident, ADP had been planning for an initial public offering in 2005 with the new terminal as a major attraction for investors.
• Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) has 4 runways.
• Because of Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport's relatively low elevation of 392 feet, planes can take off or land at Paris Charles de Gaulle 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.
• The closest airport to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) is Paris–Le Bourget Airport (LBG), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) WSW of CDG.
• There is a bus and coach station in Roissypôle, next to the RER B station.
• Air France has moved all of its operations previously located at 2C to 2E.

Facts about Gladstone Airport (GLT):

• Because of Gladstone Airport's relatively low elevation of 59 feet, planes can take off or land at Gladstone 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.
• The closest airport to Gladstone Airport (GLT) is Rockhampton Airport (ROK), which is located 58 miles (94 kilometers) NW of GLT.
• Gladstone Airport (GLT) currently has only 1 runway.
• Buses operate between the town centre and the airport, but are only operational from Monday to Friday between 6am and 6pm.
• As of March 2008, QantasLink was scheduled to operate about 38 return services per week between Gladstone and Brisbane using Dash 8 aircraft with seating from 50 to 74 passengers.
• The airport resides at an elevation of 59 ft above sea level.
• The furthest airport from Gladstone Airport (GLT) is Agostinho Neto Airport (NTO), which is located 11,918 miles (19,180 kilometers) away in Ponta do Sol, Santo Antão, Cape Verde.