Nonstop flight route between Gladstone, Queensland, Australia and Camp Pohakuloa, Hawaii, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gladstone Airport (GLT), Gladstone, Queensland, Australia and Pōhakuloa Training Area (BSF), Camp Pohakuloa, Hawaii, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,677 miles (or 7,527 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 Gladstone Airport and Pōhakuloa Training Area, 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 Gladstone Airport and Pōhakuloa Training Area. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Gladstone Airport (GLT):

• The furthest airport from Gladstone Airport (GLT) is Agostinho Neto Airport (NTO), which is located 11,918 miles (19,180 kilometers) away in Ponta do Sol, Santo Antão, Cape Verde.
• As of March 2008, QantasLink was scheduled to operate about 38 return services per week between Gladstone and Brisbane using Dash 8 aircraft with seating from 50 to 74 passengers.
• Gladstone Airport (GLT) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Gladstone Airport (GLT) is Rockhampton Airport (ROK), which is located 58 miles (94 kilometers) NW of GLT.
• The airport resides at an elevation of 59 ft above sea level.
• Because of Gladstone Airport's relatively low elevation of 59 feet, planes can take off or land at Gladstone 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.

Facts about Pōhakuloa Training Area (BSF):

• The furthest airport from Pōhakuloa Training Area (BSF) is Maun Airport (MUB), which is nearly antipodal to Pōhakuloa Training Area (meaning Pōhakuloa Training Area is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Maun Airport), and is located 12,381 miles (19,925 kilometers) away in Maun, Botswana.
• The closest airport to Pōhakuloa Training Area (BSF) is Waimea-Kohala Airport (MUE), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) NNE of BSF.
• The name of the current facility comes from puʻu pōhaku loa, which means "long rocky cinder cone" in the Hawaiian Language, although like many other Hawaiian names, the same name has been used for other places on the island.
• Vegetation varies from sparse grassland and low shrubs to open māmane forest.
• Several archaeological sites have been found in the training area, including the Bobcat Trail Habitation Cave, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.