Nonstop flight route between Diu, India and Bankstown (near Sydney), New South Wales, Australia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Diu Airport (DIU), Diu, India and Bankstown Airport (BWU), Bankstown (near Sydney), New South Wales, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,470 miles (or 10,412 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 Diu Airport and Bankstown 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 Diu Airport and Bankstown Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DIU / |
Airport Name: | Diu Airport |
Location: | Diu, India |
GPS Coordinates: | 20°42'47"N by 70°55'15"E |
Area Served: | Diu, Jafrabad |
Operator/Owner: | Airports Authority of India |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 31 feet (9 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from DIU |
More Information: | DIU Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BWU / YSBK |
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Location: | Bankstown (near Sydney), New South Wales, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°55'29"S by 150°59'17"E |
Operator/Owner: | Bankstown Airport Ltd. |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 34 feet (10 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from BWU |
More Information: | BWU Maps & Info |
Facts about Diu Airport (DIU):
- Because of Diu Airport's relatively low elevation of 31 feet, planes can take off or land at Diu 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 airport operators are talking of starting a private airline servive to Daman from December 2013.
- Diu Airport (DIU) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Diu Airport (DIU) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,991 miles (19,297 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- The closest airport to Diu Airport (DIU) is Keshod Airport (IXK), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) NW of DIU.
Facts about Bankstown Airport (BWU):
- Because of Bankstown Airport's relatively low elevation of 34 feet, planes can take off or land at Bankstown 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.
- Bankstown Airport operates 24 hours a day, with limitations placed on night circuit training.
- The closest airport to Bankstown Airport (BWU) is Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (SYD), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) E of BWU.
- The terminal plays host to numerous events year round such as the annual Sydney Aviation Model Show.
- The furthest airport from Bankstown Airport (BWU) is Santa Maria Airport (SMA), which is nearly antipodal to Bankstown Airport (meaning Bankstown Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Santa Maria Airport), and is located 12,135 miles (19,529 kilometers) away in Santa Maria, Portugal.
- Runway 11C has a straight-in RNAV approach procedure.
- Bankstown Airport (BWU) has 3 runways.
- In the late 1970s Hawker de Havilland relocated their Lidcombe plant to Bankstown Airport.
- The airport and the neighbouring Georges River Golf Course together form a suburb which is usually referred to as Bankstown Airport, although the official name is Bankstown Aerodrome.
- In addition to being known as "Bankstown Airport", another name for BWU is "Sydney/Bankstown Airport".