Nonstop flight route between Camooweal, Queensland, Australia and Forres, Scotland, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Camooweal Airport (CML), Camooweal, Queensland, Australia and Kinloss Barracks (FSS), Forres, Scotland, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,192 miles (or 14,793 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 Camooweal Airport and Kinloss Barracks, 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 Camooweal Airport and Kinloss Barracks. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Camooweal Airport (CML):

• Camooweal Airport (CML) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Camooweal Airport (CML) is Agostinho Neto Airport (NTO), which is located 11,322 miles (18,221 kilometers) away in Ponta do Sol, Santo Antão, Cape Verde.
• Because of Camooweal Airport's relatively low elevation of 780 feet, planes can take off or land at Camooweal 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 Camooweal Airport (CML) is Mount Isa Airport (ISA), which is located 103 miles (165 kilometers) ESE of CML.

Facts about Kinloss Barracks (FSS):

• The closest airport to Kinloss Barracks (FSS) is RAF Lossiemouth (LMO), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) ENE of FSS.
• The furthest airport from Kinloss Barracks (FSS) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,616 miles (18,694 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• In April 2005, 206 Squadron was disbanded as part of a Defence review the previous year.
• Throughout the majority of the war 19 Operational Training Unit was the primary training unit.
• Kinloss Barracks (FSS) currently has only 1 runway.
• The station defences were gradually established and by May 1940, Group Captain Jarman reported that the defence of Kinloss was in order.
• Because of Kinloss Barracks's relatively low elevation of 22 feet, planes can take off or land at Kinloss Barracks 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 1992 Nimrod aircraft deployed to the Persian Gulf as an integral component of the coalition forces to recapture Kuwait.
• The Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre and co-located UK Mission Control Centre remain responsible for coordinating all rescue efforts within the UK and out into the Atlantic.
• The wartime Avro Lancaster was adapted without great upheaval for anti-submarine and search and rescue duties and RAF Kinloss changed from a bomber training unit, to a Coastal Command base training maritime aircrew.