Nonstop flight route between Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia and Friday Harbor, Washington, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Geraldton Airport (GET), Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia and Friday Harbor Seaplane Base (FBS), Friday Harbor, Washington, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,130 miles (or 14,693 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 Geraldton Airport and Friday Harbor Seaplane Base, 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 Geraldton Airport and Friday Harbor Seaplane Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GET / YGEL |
Airport Name: | Geraldton Airport |
Location: | Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 28°47'45"S by 114°42'26"E |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 121 feet (37 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from GET |
More Information: | GET Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FBS / |
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Location: | Friday Harbor, Washington, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 48°32'13"N by 123°0'34"W |
Area Served: | Friday Harbor, Washington |
Operator/Owner: | Port of Friday Harbor |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 0 feet (0 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from FBS |
More Information: | FBS Maps & Info |
Facts about Geraldton Airport (GET):
- Geraldton Airport is the main regional base for aircraft charter operations, flight training, private flying, aerial and agricultural work and aircraft maintenance in the mid-west region.
- Geraldton Airport was ranked 44th in Australia for the number of revenue passengers served in financial year 2010-2011.
- Because of Geraldton Airport's relatively low elevation of 121 feet, planes can take off or land at Geraldton 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 closest airport to Geraldton Airport (GET) is Mullewa Airport (MXU), which is located 54 miles (87 kilometers) ENE of GET.
- Geraldton Airport is the general aviation and regular passenger transport airport for the City of Greater Geraldton and it meets varying transport, industrial and commercial interests across the mid-west region.
- Local charter operations from Geraldton Airport providing fly-in fly-out services include Shine Aviation to Golden Grove Mine, Mount Magnet and Jack Hills.
- Geraldton Airport is an airport located 6 nautical miles east of Geraldton, Western Australia, along the Geraldton – Mount Magnet Road.
- Dunns Aerial Spraying & Spreading Service provides crop dusting services from the airport for up to nine months of each year.
- The Royal Flying Doctor Service in Western Australia utilises the airport on an as required basis and has an aircraft hangar which is vested in the City of Greater Geraldton adjacent to the general aviation terminal.
- Shine Aviation Services conduct flying training and utilise a gazetted low flying training area to the south east of the airport.
- From 1941 to 1945, Geraldton was the site of No.
- Geraldton Airport is the base for several general aviation flying training and charter operators, namely.
- Geraldton is close enough to Perth to receive a significant number of private operations from aircraft based in Perth.
- The furthest airport from Geraldton Airport (GET) is L.F. Wade International Airport (BDA), which is nearly antipodal to Geraldton Airport (meaning Geraldton Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from L.F. Wade International Airport), and is located 12,188 miles (19,614 kilometers) away in Ferry Reach (near Hamilton), Bermuda.
- Geraldton Airport handled 104,051 passengers last year.
- Geraldton Airport (GET) has 3 runways.
Facts about Friday Harbor Seaplane Base (FBS):
- Because of Friday Harbor Seaplane Base's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Friday Harbor Seaplane Base 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 Friday Harbor Seaplane Base (FBS) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,724 miles (17,259 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- Friday Harbor Seaplane Base (FBS) has 2 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Friday Harbor Seaplane Base", another name for FBS is "W33".
- The closest airport to Friday Harbor Seaplane Base (FBS) is Friday Harbor Airport (FRD), which is located only 1 miles (2 kilometers) SSW of FBS.