Nonstop flight route between El Paso, Texas, United States and Canberra, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between El Paso International Airport (ELP), El Paso, Texas, United States and Canberra Airport (CBR), Canberra, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,189 miles (or 13,178 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 El Paso International Airport and Canberra 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 El Paso International Airport and Canberra Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about El Paso International Airport (ELP):

• The closest airport to El Paso International Airport (ELP) is Biggs Army Airfield (BIF), which is located only 3 miles (5 kilometers) N of ELP.
• El Paso International Airport handled 3,065,393 passengers last year.
• El Paso was the last stop of the first hijacking of a jetliner, a Boeing 707 owned by Continental Airlines.
• Airport diagram for January 1963
• At the end of the war the airfield was deemed excess by the military and returned to the local government for civil use.
• The furthest airport from El Paso International Airport (ELP) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,389 miles (18,329 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• El Paso International Airport (ELP) has 3 runways.
• El Paso International Airport is a public airport four miles northeast of downtown El Paso, in El Paso County, Texas, US.

Facts about Canberra Airport (CBR):

• The former Qantas Terminal at Canberra Airport was located on the western side of the building.
• Canberra Airport (CBR) has 2 runways.
• In 2008, Canberra International Airport launched an advertising campaign in support of the idea of having Canberra considered as Sydney's Second Airport.
• The closest airport to Canberra Airport (CBR) is Goulburn Airport (GUL), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) NE of CBR.
• The project was given the go ahead by Canberra International Airport executive chairman Terry Snow, to start late 2009.
• The General Aviation Terminal in Canberra Airport is a separate building located on the far west side of the Terminal Precinct.
• The furthest airport from Canberra Airport (CBR) is Horta International Airport (HOR), which is nearly antipodal to Canberra Airport (meaning Canberra Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Horta International Airport), and is located 12,187 miles (19,612 kilometers) away in Horta, Azores, Portugal.
• The airport is located at the intersection of Canberra's main east-west artery and eastern ring road near the semi-rural suburb of Pialligo about 8–10 minutes' drive from the city centre, 15 minutes from Gungahlin and 10 minutes from Queanbeyan at non-peak times.
• These plans were placed on hold in late 2008 as a result of the Global economic crisis.
• Canberra Airport handled 3,206,103 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Canberra Airport", another name for CBR is "Canberra International Airport".