Nonstop flight route between Great Bend, Kansas, United States and Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Great Bend Municipal Airport (GBD), Great Bend, Kansas, United States and Belmont Airport (BEO), Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,561 miles (or 13,778 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 Great Bend Municipal Airport and Belmont 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 Great Bend Municipal Airport and Belmont Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | GBD / KGBD |
| Airport Name: | Great Bend Municipal Airport |
| Location: | Great Bend, Kansas, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 38°20'39"N by 98°51'33"W |
| Area Served: | Great Bend, Kansas |
| Operator/Owner: | City of Great Bend |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1887 feet (575 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from GBD |
| More Information: | GBD Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BEO / YPEC |
| Airport Name: | Belmont Airport |
| Location: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 33°4'0"S by 151°38'53"E |
| Area Served: | City of Lake Macquarie |
| Operator/Owner: | Mirvac Group |
| Airport Type: | Private |
| Elevation: | 5 feet (2 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BEO |
| More Information: | BEO Maps & Info |
Facts about Great Bend Municipal Airport (GBD):
- The closest airport to Great Bend Municipal Airport (GBD) is Hays Regional Airport (HYS), which is located 41 miles (66 kilometers) NNW of GBD.
- Great Bend Municipal Airport (GBD) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Great Bend Municipal Airport (GBD) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,769 miles (17,331 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The airport is the site of the first nationwide NHRA event, held in 1955.
Facts about Belmont Airport (BEO):
- Belmont Airport (BEO) currently has only 1 runway.
- Despite this, there have been attempts to restore the airport as an aviation facility since the withdrawal of Aeropelican, particularly since the closure and redevelopment of Cooranbong Airport, another privately owned airfield located to the west of Lake Macquarie.
- Because of Belmont Airport's relatively low elevation of 5 feet, planes can take off or land at Belmont 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 Belmont Airport (BEO) is Santa Maria Airport (SMA), which is nearly antipodal to Belmont Airport (meaning Belmont Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Santa Maria Airport), and is located 12,112 miles (19,493 kilometers) away in Santa Maria, Portugal.
- The closest airport to Belmont Airport (BEO) is Newcastle Airport (NTL), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) NNE of BEO.
