Nonstop flight route between Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia and North Platte, Nebraska, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Geraldton Airport (GET), Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia and North Platte Regional Airport (LBF), North Platte, Nebraska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,278 miles (or 16,541 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 North Platte Regional 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 Geraldton Airport and North Platte Regional Airport. 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: | LBF / KLBF |
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Location: | North Platte, Nebraska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 41°7'33"N by 100°41'0"W |
Area Served: | North Platte, Nebraska |
Operator/Owner: | North Platte Airport Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2777 feet (846 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from LBF |
More Information: | LBF Maps & Info |
Facts about Geraldton Airport (GET):
- Geraldton Airport has daily Regular Public Transport services, Geraldton – Perth – Geraldton, provided by both QantasLink and Virgin Australia Regional Airlines using Dash 8-400 and Fokker 50 aircraft respectively.
- Geraldton Airport is the base for several general aviation flying training and charter operators, namely.
- Geraldton Airport (GET) has 3 runways.
- 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.
- Shine Aviation Services conduct flying training and utilise a gazetted low flying training area to the south east of the airport.
- 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.
- The closest airport to Geraldton Airport (GET) is Mullewa Airport (MXU), which is located 54 miles (87 kilometers) ENE of GET.
- 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.
- Flying training squadrons from RAAF Base Pearce also use Geraldton Airport.
- 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.
- Midwest Aviation, conduct aircraft maintenance and have aircraft engineers.
Facts about North Platte Regional Airport (LBF):
- In addition to being known as "North Platte Regional Airport", another name for LBF is "Lee Bird Field".
- North Platte Regional Airport (LBF) has 2 runways.
- In 1929 the City of North Platte purchased the airfield and leased it to the Boeing Transport Company, an original part of United Airlines.
- The closest airport to North Platte Regional Airport (LBF) is Jim Kelly Field (LXN), which is located 53 miles (85 kilometers) ESE of LBF.
- United Airlines stopped at North Platte from the 1930s until Frontier took over in 1959.
- North Platte Regional Airport was originally North Platte Field and was built in 1921 using private funds.
- The furthest airport from North Platte Regional Airport (LBF) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,687 miles (17,200 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.