Nonstop flight route between Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom and Coolangatta, Queensland, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dundee Airport (DND), Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom and Gold Coast Airport (OOL), Coolangatta, Queensland, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,168 miles (or 16,364 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 Dundee Airport and Gold Coast 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 Dundee Airport and Gold Coast Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Dundee Airport (DND):

• The closest airport to Dundee Airport (DND) is RAF Leuchars (ADX), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) SE of DND.
• Dundee Airport (DND) currently has only 1 runway.
• On 8 August 2008, HIAL and airport bosses announced that they were considering a direct air link to Amsterdam.
• Dundee Airport is the closest commercial airport to Gleneagles Hotel, the host course of the 2014 Ryder Cup.
• Because of Dundee Airport's relatively low elevation of 17 feet, planes can take off or land at Dundee 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.
• In addition to being known as "Dundee Airport", another name for DND is "Port-adhair Dhùn Dèagh".
• The furthest airport from Dundee Airport (DND) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,677 miles (18,791 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• On 29 May 2007, services to Birmingham Airport and George Best Belfast City Airport operated by FlyWhoosh, using ATR 42 aircraft started.
• The airport is also a short taxi ride from the Dundee railway station.
• Dundee Airport handled 67,269 passengers last year.

Facts about Gold Coast Airport (OOL):

• On 11 December 2013 Jetstar announced that they will end the three times weekly services to Osaka-Kansai on 8 May 2014.
• The furthest airport from Gold Coast Airport (OOL) is La Palma Airport (SPC), which is located 11,905 miles (19,159 kilometers) away in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain.
• Because of Gold Coast Airport's relatively low elevation of 21 feet, planes can take off or land at Gold Coast 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.
• Gold Coast Airport (OOL) has 2 runways.
• Gold Coast Airport, or Coolangatta Airport, is an Australian domestic and international airport located at the southern end of the Gold Coast, approximately 100 km south of Brisbane and 25 km south of Surfers Paradise.
• The final runway was confirmed as 2,492 m long in 2007, as says the plaque and photos of 2006 runway length of 2042m compared to the 2007 runway length of 2,492m on the left wall of the arrivals southern exit.
• In 2003 GCAPL was taken over by Queensland Airports Limited and today also own and operate Mount Isa Airport and Townsville Airport.
• The closest airport to Gold Coast Airport (OOL) is Ballina Byron Gateway Airport (BNK), which is located 46 miles (75 kilometers) S of OOL.
• On 13 June 2010 start up airline PacificFlier began weekly services from Koror, Palau, using an Airbus A310.
• Gold Coast Airport handled 5,261,773 passengers last year.