Nonstop flight route between Camden, New South Wales, Australia and Chico, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Camden Aerodrome (CDU), Camden, New South Wales, Australia and Chico Municipal Airport (CIC), Chico, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,550 miles (or 12,150 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 Camden Aerodrome and Chico Municipal 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 Camden Aerodrome and Chico Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Camden Aerodrome (CDU):

• The furthest airport from Camden Aerodrome (CDU) is Santa Maria Airport (SMA), which is nearly antipodal to Camden Aerodrome (meaning Camden Aerodrome is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Santa Maria Airport), and is located 12,128 miles (19,518 kilometers) away in Santa Maria, Portugal.
• Camden airfield hosted No's 4, 15, 21, 32 and 78 RAAF Squadrons at various stages during the war.
• The Camden War Cemetery, located in the Camden General Cemetery contains twenty three burials comprising four Australian Army, two Royal Air Force and seventeen Royal Australian Air Force.
• The closest airport to Camden Aerodrome (CDU) is Bankstown Airport (BWU), which is located only 19 miles (31 kilometers) ENE of CDU.
• A racecourse owned by prominent local grazier Arthur Macarthur-Onslow originally occupied the site of the Camden aerodrome.
• Because of Camden Aerodrome's relatively low elevation of 230 feet, planes can take off or land at Camden Aerodrome 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.
• Camden Aerodrome (CDU) has 2 runways.
• In 1946, ownership of the airport was transferred to the Department of Civil Aviation who oversaw the development of further civil aviation infrastructure on the site including the sealing of runway 06/24.
• It was used as Top Gear Australia Test Track.

Facts about Chico Municipal Airport (CIC):

• The furthest airport from Chico Municipal Airport (CIC) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,229 miles (18,071 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• Chico Municipal Airport (CIC) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Chico Municipal Airport (CIC) is Oroville Municipal Airport (OVE), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) SSE of CIC.
• Pacific Express was based in Chico.
• Because of Chico Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 73 feet, planes can take off or land at Chico Municipal 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.
• On 30 January 1959 the Air Force announced plans to conduct surveys in the vicinity of Beale Air Force Base to determine the feasibility for missile bases.
• Chico Army Airfield was under the command of the 10th Army Air Force Base Unit, AAF West Coast Training Center, Army Air Forces Training Command.
• Chico is now only served by SkyWest Airlines operating as United Express with Embraer EMB-120 turboprops nonstop to San Francisco.
• In addition to being known as "Chico Municipal Airport", another name for CIC is "Chico Army Airfield".