Nonstop flight route between Charleville, Queensland, Australia and Sacramento, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Charleville Airport (CTL), Charleville, Queensland, Australia and Sacramento International Airport (SMF), Sacramento, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,442 miles (or 11,977 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 Charleville Airport and Sacramento International 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 Charleville Airport and Sacramento International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Charleville Airport (CTL):

• The closest airport to Charleville Airport (CTL) is Cunnamulla Airport (CMA), which is located 119 miles (191 kilometers) SSW of CTL.
• The furthest airport from Charleville Airport (CTL) is Agostinho Neto Airport (NTO), which is located 11,594 miles (18,658 kilometers) away in Ponta do Sol, Santo Antão, Cape Verde.
• Other USAAF units assigned to Charleville were the 8th and 480th Service Squadron of the 45th Service Group.
• Charleville Airport (CTL) has 2 runways.

Facts about Sacramento International Airport (SMF):

• In 2006 Sacramento International Airport was one of the first airports in the nation to offer free wireless Internet service.
• Because of Sacramento International Airport's relatively low elevation of 27 feet, planes can take off or land at Sacramento 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.
• The furthest airport from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,280 miles (18,154 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• In the 1990s the consolidated rental car facility and Terminal A opened, which was designed by Dreyfuss & Blackford Architects.
• On July 6, 2013 the airport was one of ten airports that hosted flights diverted from San Francisco International Airport after Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashed short of the runway.
• Sacramento County has tried to entice Virgin America into adding a Los Angeles route by giving them 400,000 dollars to operate out of terminal A or 150,000 dollars to operate in terminal B.
• As the nation’s economy was taking a hit in 2008, commercial aviation was challenged by reduced passenger numbers and increasing fuel and other costs.
• California Pacific Airlines hopes to fly between Sacramento and Carlsbad in southern California in 2013.
• Sacramento International Airport (SMF) has 2 runways.
• In 2011 the airport carried an estimated 9 million passengers.
• Sacramento International Airport handled 8,910,570 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Sacramento International Airport (SMF) is Sacramento Airport McClellan Airfield (MCC), which is located only 10 miles (17 kilometers) E of SMF.