Nonstop flight route between Alotau, Papua New Guinea and Cleveland, Ohio, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gurney Airport (GUR), Alotau, Papua New Guinea and Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE), Cleveland, Ohio, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,623 miles (or 13,878 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 Gurney Airport and Cleveland Hopkins International 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 Gurney Airport and Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Gurney Airport (GUR):

• The furthest airport from Gurney Airport (GUR) is São Filipe Airport (SFL), which is located 11,966 miles (19,257 kilometers) away in Fogo, Cape Verde.
• Because of Gurney Airport's relatively low elevation of 89 feet, planes can take off or land at Gurney 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 airfield was reopened in early 1966, as a part of the Australian colonial policy of having each of the provincial capitals served by daily flights.
• The closest airport to Gurney Airport (GUR) is Vivigani Airport (VIV), which is located 69 miles (112 kilometers) N of GUR.
• Gurney Airport (GUR) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE):

• Because of Cleveland Hopkins International Airport's relatively low elevation of 791 feet, planes can take off or land at Cleveland Hopkins International 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 furthest airport from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,378 miles (18,311 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Cleveland Hopkins International Airport is a public airport located nine miles southwest of the central business district of Cleveland, a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States.
• Continental increased its hub capacity at Hopkins, becoming the airport's largest tenant and eventually accounting for upwards of 60 percent of passenger traffic.
• The older parallel runway, formerly Runway 6C/24C, was 7,096 x 150 ft.
• In 1998, Hopkins moved rental car operations off the airport grounds to a new consolidated rental car facility.
• On May 2, 2010, the Boards of Directors at Continental and United Airlines approved a stock-swap merger deal.
• The closest airport to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) is Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport (BKL), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) NE of CLE.
• Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) has 3 runways.