Nonstop flight route between Cairns, Queensland, Australia and New Haven, Connecticut, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Cairns Airport (CNS), Cairns, Queensland, Australia and Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN), New Haven, Connecticut, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,596 miles (or 15,443 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 Cairns Airport and Tweed New Haven 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 Cairns Airport and Tweed New Haven Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Cairns Airport (CNS):

• The closest airport to Cairns Airport (CNS) is Mareeba Airfield (MRG), which is located 26 miles (41 kilometers) WSW of CNS.
• A$200 million redevelopment of the Domestic terminal started in August 2007 and was completed in 2010.
• Short-term and long-term parking, including a covered car park and parking for people with a disability are located within the public carparks adjacent to both the Domestic and International Terminals.
• Cairns Airport handled 3,848,728 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Cairns Airport (CNS) is Agostinho Neto Airport (NTO), which is located 11,832 miles (19,041 kilometers) away in Ponta do Sol, Santo Antão, Cape Verde.
• Cairns Airport (CNS) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Cairns Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Cairns 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.

Facts about Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN):

• The closest airport to Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN) is Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Airport (BDR), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) WSW of HVN.
• The furthest airport from Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,768 miles (18,939 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Today the airport is operated by AvPorts of Teterboro, New Jersey, under contract by the Tweed-New Haven Airport Authority.
• Jet flights from New Haven to Chicago-O'Hare started in 1985-86, initially on Air Wisconsin's BAE-146s as "United Express".
• In 1987 Hyannis MA based Provincetown-Boston Airlines, a commuter airline for Peoplexpress Airlines and then Continental Airlines, began flights to New Haven.
• Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN) has 2 runways.
• By the late 1990s Business Express service ended, as it put its Saab-340s out of service, after is acquisition by AMR Corporation.
• US Airways Express, which flew from New Haven to Philadelphia and Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., now is the only passenger airline at New Haven, flying to Philadelphia.
• Because of Tweed New Haven Airport's relatively low elevation of 12 feet, planes can take off or land at Tweed New Haven 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.