Nonstop flight route between Gladstone, Queensland, Australia and Zhaotong, Yunnan, China:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Gladstone Airport (GLT), Gladstone, Queensland, Australia and Zhaotong Airport (ZAT), Zhaotong, Yunnan, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,746 miles (or 7,638 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 Zhaotong 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 Gladstone Airport and Zhaotong Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GLT / YGLA |
Airport Name: | Gladstone Airport |
Location: | Gladstone, Queensland, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 23°52'10"S by 151°13'22"E |
Area Served: | Gladstone, Queensland, Australia |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 59 feet (18 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GLT |
More Information: | GLT Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ZAT / ZPZT |
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Location: | Zhaotong, Yunnan, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 27°19'40"N by 103°45'24"E |
Area Served: | Zhaotong, Yunnan |
Airport Type: | Public |
View all routes: | Routes from ZAT |
More Information: | ZAT Maps & Info |
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.
- The airport resides at an elevation of 59 ft above sea level.
- The closest airport to Gladstone Airport (GLT) is Rockhampton Airport (ROK), which is located 58 miles (94 kilometers) NW of GLT.
- Gladstone Airport (GLT) currently has only 1 runway.
- 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.
- The airport is owned and operated by the Gladstone Regional Council which took control of it by operation of the Local Government Reform when the Gladstone-Calliope Aerodrome Board was dissolved on 15 March 2007.
Facts about Zhaotong Airport (ZAT):
- The furthest airport from Zhaotong Airport (ZAT) is Chañaral Airport (CNR), which is nearly antipodal to Zhaotong Airport (meaning Zhaotong Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chañaral Airport), and is located 12,083 miles (19,445 kilometers) away in Chañaral, Atacama Region, Chile.
- In addition to being known as "Zhaotong Airport", other names for ZAT include "昭通机场" and "Zhāotōng Jīchǎng".
- The closest airport to Zhaotong Airport (ZAT) is Bijie Feixiong Airport (BFJ), which is located 95 miles (153 kilometers) E of ZAT.