Nonstop flight route between Cape Gloucester, Papua New Guinea and Noemfoor, Schouten Islands, Indonesia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Cape Gloucester Airport (CGC), Cape Gloucester, Papua New Guinea and Kornasoren Airport (FOO), Noemfoor, Schouten Islands, Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 986 miles (or 1,587 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 relatively short distance between Cape Gloucester Airport and Kornasoren Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CGC / AYCG |
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Location: | Cape Gloucester, Papua New Guinea |
GPS Coordinates: | 5°27'33"S by 148°25'57"E |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 78 feet (24 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CGC |
More Information: | CGC Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FOO / |
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Location: | Noemfoor, Schouten Islands, Indonesia |
GPS Coordinates: | 0°56'11"S by 134°52'18"E |
Operator/Owner: | DGCA |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 10 feet (3 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from FOO |
More Information: | FOO Maps & Info |
Facts about Cape Gloucester Airport (CGC):
- In addition to being known as "Cape Gloucester Airport", other names for CGC include "CPG" and "Cape Gloucester Airport".
- Because of Cape Gloucester Airport's relatively low elevation of 78 feet, planes can take off or land at Cape Gloucester 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.
- In addition, the 12th Defense Battalion was assigned to the airfield between 30 December 1943 - late May 1944 Australian RAAF Units Based at Cape Gloucester consisted of the 78 Squadron, equipped with P-40 Warhawks.
- Cape Gloucester Airport (CGC) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Cape Gloucester Airport (CGC) is Finschhafen Airport (FIN), which is located 90 miles (144 kilometers) SSW of CGC.
- The furthest airport from Cape Gloucester Airport (CGC) is Governador Carlos Wilson Airport (FEN), which is located 11,791 miles (18,975 kilometers) away in Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil.
Facts about Kornasoren Airport (FOO):
- The closest airport to Kornasoren Airport (FOO) is Rendani Airport (MKW), which is located 57 miles (92 kilometers) W of FOO.
- The three airfields on Nomefoor were used by the American forces after liberating the island.
- Because of Kornasoren Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Kornasoren 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 furthest airport from Kornasoren Airport (FOO) is Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (Tirirical) (SLZ), which is nearly antipodal to Kornasoren Airport (meaning Kornasoren Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (Tirirical)), and is located 12,186 miles (19,611 kilometers) away in São Luís, Brazil.
- In addition to being known as "Kornasoren Airport", other names for FOO include "Numfor Airport" and "WABF".
- Kornasoren Airport (FOO) currently has only 1 runway.