Nonstop flight route between Hickory, North Carolina, United States and Canberra, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Hickory Regional Airport (HKY), Hickory, North Carolina, United States and Canberra Airport (CBR), Canberra, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,625 miles (or 15,490 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 Hickory Regional Airport and Canberra 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 Hickory Regional Airport and Canberra Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Hickory Regional Airport (HKY):

• The closest airport to Hickory Regional Airport (HKY) is Foothills Regional Airport (MRN), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) WNW of HKY.
• Hickory Fire Department staffs an ARFF Fire apparatus at the airport 24/7, Engine 4 responds to all aircraft accidents and emergencies at the airport.
• Hickory Regional Airport (HKY) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Hickory Regional Airport (HKY) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,494 miles (18,499 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In the Fall of 1973, the Federal Aviation Administration, following much planning and work, commissioned an Air Traffic Control Tower at the Hickory Airport.
• The airport has an operating control tower from 7:00am to 9:00pm daily for safety and sequencing of aircraft landing and departing.
• After the airline deregulation of the late 1970s, the nature of commercial service would change for Hickory.
• In the early part of 1969, a new High Intensity Lighting system was installed on runway 6/24 as well as lighting on the parallel taxiway.

Facts about Canberra Airport (CBR):

• The furthest airport from Canberra Airport (CBR) is Horta International Airport (HOR), which is nearly antipodal to Canberra Airport (meaning Canberra Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Horta International Airport), and is located 12,187 miles (19,612 kilometers) away in Horta, Azores, Portugal.
• Construction of the Southern Concourse was completed in late 2010 and came into service on 14 November.
• The former Common User Terminal was located on the far eastern side of the building.
• Over a dozen office buildings have also been built on airport land at Brindabella Business Park and Fairbairn.
• Canberra Airport (CBR) has 2 runways.
• Canberra Airport handled 3,206,103 passengers last year.
• The airport is located at the intersection of Canberra's main east-west artery and eastern ring road near the semi-rural suburb of Pialligo about 8–10 minutes' drive from the city centre, 15 minutes from Gungahlin and 10 minutes from Queanbeyan at non-peak times.
• In addition to being known as "Canberra Airport", another name for CBR is "Canberra International Airport".
• The closest airport to Canberra Airport (CBR) is Goulburn Airport (GUL), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) NE of CBR.
• Several new hangars and buildings have been erected in both Fairbairn and near the terminal.
• These plans were placed on hold in late 2008 as a result of the Global economic crisis.