Nonstop flight route between Carriacou Island, Grenada and Mataram, Indonesia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Lauriston Airport (CRU), Carriacou Island, Grenada and Selaparang Airport (AMI), Mataram, Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 12,120 miles (or 19,505 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 Lauriston Airport and Selaparang 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 Lauriston Airport and Selaparang Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
The distance between CRU and AMI makes them almost exactly antipodal (the exact opposite side of the world) to each other. Nonstop flights between Lauriston Airport and Selaparang Airport would be very impractical for the airlines, because only a lightly loaded Boeing 777-200LR would be able to make the trip. Since airlines need to be able to take as many people and cargo as possible in order to make a profit, the odds of ever seeing a nonstop flight between CRU and AMI are slim to none. However, you'll still be able to get from Carriacou Island, Grenada and Mataram, Indonesia by taking some connecting flights!
Did you know that one full circling of the Earth (measuring from the equator) is about 24,901.5 miles (or 40,075 kilometers), which means if you were 12,450 miles from any given point on the planet, the distance back to your starting point would be about the same -- in any direction! The same can be said for a nonstop flight between CRU and AMI!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CRU / |
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Location: | Carriacou Island, Grenada |
GPS Coordinates: | 12°28'36"N by 61°28'19"W |
Operator/Owner: | Grenada Airports Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 5 feet (2 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CRU |
More Information: | CRU Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | AMI / WADA |
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Location: | Mataram, Indonesia |
GPS Coordinates: | 8°33'38"S by 116°5'39"E |
Area Served: | Mataram (city) |
Operator/Owner: | PT Angkasa Pura I |
Airport Type: | Closed (previously public) |
Elevation: | 52 feet (16 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from AMI |
More Information: | AMI Maps & Info |
Facts about Lauriston Airport (CRU):
- The closest airport to Lauriston Airport (CRU) is Union Island Airport (UNI), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) NNE of CRU.
- In addition to being known as "Lauriston Airport", another name for CRU is "TGPZ".
- Lauriston Airport (CRU) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Lauriston Airport's relatively low elevation of 5 feet, planes can take off or land at Lauriston 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 Lauriston Airport (CRU) is Umbu Mehang Kunda Airport (WGP), which is nearly antipodal to Lauriston Airport (meaning Lauriston Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Umbu Mehang Kunda Airport), and is located 12,209 miles (19,648 kilometers) away in Waingapu, Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.
Facts about Selaparang Airport (AMI):
- The future use of Selaparang Airport to develop a General Aviation Hub for Indonesia may offer considerable opportunities for Indonesia's tourism triangle of Bali, Lombok and Sumbawa.
- The furthest airport from Selaparang Airport (AMI) is El Tigre Airport (ELX), which is nearly antipodal to Selaparang Airport (meaning Selaparang Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from El Tigre Airport), and is located 12,409 miles (19,970 kilometers) away in El Tigre, Venezuela.
- All the mobile facilities were removed to Bandara Internasional Lombok WADL at the time of cessation of operations at Selaparang.
- Because of Selaparang Airport's relatively low elevation of 52 feet, planes can take off or land at Selaparang 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 Selaparang Airport (AMI) is Lombok International Airport (LOP), which is located only 18 miles (30 kilometers) SE of AMI.
- Selaparang Airport (AMI) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Selaparang Airport", another name for AMI is "Bandar Udara Internasional".
- Taxi Mataram operated from the airport until 30 September 2011.
- Selaparang Airport, was the sole airport serving the island of Lombok and the city of Mataram, the capital of the province of West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia up until its closure on 30 September 2011.