Nonstop flight route between Graciosa Island, Azores, Portugal and Corryong, Victoria, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Graciosa Airport (GRW), Graciosa Island, Azores, Portugal and Corryong Airport (CYG), Corryong, Victoria, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 12,136 miles (or 19,531 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 Graciosa Airport and Corryong 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 Graciosa Airport and Corryong Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

The distance between GRW and CYG makes them almost exactly antipodal (the exact opposite side of the world) to each other. Nonstop flights between Graciosa Airport and Corryong Airport would be very impractical for the airlines, because only a lightly loaded Boeing 777-200LR would be able to make the trip. Since airlines need to be able to take as many people and cargo as possible in order to make a profit, the odds of ever seeing a nonstop flight between GRW and CYG are slim to none. However, you'll still be able to get from Graciosa Island, Azores, Portugal and Corryong, Victoria, Australia by taking some connecting flights!

Did you know that one full circling of the Earth (measuring from the equator) is about 24,901.5 miles (or 40,075 kilometers), which means if you were 12,450 miles from any given point on the planet, the distance back to your starting point would be about the same -- in any direction! The same can be said for a nonstop flight between GRW and CYG!

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Facts about Graciosa Airport (GRW):

• Because of Graciosa Airport's relatively low elevation of 85 feet, planes can take off or land at Graciosa 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.
• Graciosa Airport (GRW) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Graciosa Airport (GRW) is Pico Airport (PIX), which is located 43 miles (70 kilometers) SSW of GRW.
• The furthest airport from Graciosa Airport (GRW) is Merimbula Airport (MIM), which is nearly antipodal to Graciosa Airport (meaning Graciosa Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Merimbula Airport), and is located 12,248 miles (19,712 kilometers) away in Merimbula, New South Wales, Australia.

Facts about Corryong Airport (CYG):

• Because of Corryong Airport's relatively low elevation of 963 feet, planes can take off or land at Corryong 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.
• Corryong Airport (CYG) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Corryong Airport (CYG) is Flores Airport (FLW), which is nearly antipodal to Corryong Airport (meaning Corryong Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Flores Airport), and is located 12,204 miles (19,641 kilometers) away in Flores Island, Azores, Portugal.
• The closest airport to Corryong Airport (CYG) is Albury Airport (ABX), which is located 52 miles (84 kilometers) W of CYG.