Nonstop flight route between Corpus Christi, Texas, United States and Mascot (near Sydney), Australia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Corpus Christi International Airport (CRP), Corpus Christi, Texas, United States and Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (SYD), Mascot (near Sydney), Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,416 miles (or 13,544 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 Corpus Christi International Airport and Sydney (Kingsford Smith) 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 Corpus Christi International Airport and Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | CRP / KCRP |
| Airport Name: | Corpus Christi International Airport |
| Location: | Corpus Christi, Texas, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 27°46'13"N by 97°30'3"W |
| Area Served: | Corpus Christi, Texas |
| Operator/Owner: | City of Corpus Christi |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 44 feet (13 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from CRP |
| More Information: | CRP Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SYD / YSSY |
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| Location: | Mascot (near Sydney), Australia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 33°56'45"S by 151°10'37"E |
| Area Served: | Sydney |
| Operator/Owner: | Sydney Airport Corporation Limited |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 21 feet (6 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 3 |
| View all routes: | Routes from SYD |
| More Information: | SYD Maps & Info |
Facts about Corpus Christi International Airport (CRP):
- Because of Corpus Christi International Airport's relatively low elevation of 44 feet, planes can take off or land at Corpus Christi International 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.
- Corpus Christi International Airport (CRP) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Corpus Christi International Airport (CRP) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,108 miles (17,877 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The airport is frequently used by United Express and Southwest Airlines as a diversion station in case of weather problems in Houston.
- The closest airport to Corpus Christi International Airport (CRP) is Naval Air Station Corpus Christi (NGP), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) ESE of CRP.
- On April 2, 2012, a United Airlines, Flight 4128, made an emergency landing at Corpus Christi because of other unknown reasons, when it suffered damage to its front landing gear and a flat tire.
Facts about Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (SYD):
- The closest airport to Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (SYD) is Bankstown Airport (BWU), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) W of SYD.
- The furthest airport from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (SYD) is Santa Maria Airport (SMA), which is nearly antipodal to Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (meaning Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Santa Maria Airport), and is located 12,144 miles (19,543 kilometers) away in Santa Maria, Portugal.
- In September 2012, Sydney Airport CEO Kerrie Mather announced the airport had abandoned the proposal to create alliance-based terminals in favour of terminals "based around specific airline requirements and transfer flows".
- Sydney Airport is one of the oldest continuously operated airports in the world, and the busiest airport in Australia, handling 35,630,549 passengers in 2011 and 326,686 aircraftmovements in 2013.
- The new terminal was officially opened on 3 May 1970, by Queen Elizabeth II.
- In addition to being known as "Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport", another name for SYD is "Kingsford-Smith Airport".
- The airport provides a shuttle service between the terminals at a cost of A$5.50.
- Because of Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport's relatively low elevation of 21 feet, planes can take off or land at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) 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 15 April 2014, the Federal Government announced that Badgerys Creek would be Sydney's second international airport, to be known as Western Sydney Airport.
- Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (SYD) has 3 runways.
