Nonstop flight route between Iași, Romania and Bankstown (near Sydney), New South Wales, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Iași International Airport (IAS), Iași, Romania and Bankstown Airport (BWU), Bankstown (near Sydney), New South Wales, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,398 miles (or 15,125 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 Iași International Airport and Bankstown 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 Iași International Airport and Bankstown Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Iași International Airport (IAS):

• Because of Iași International Airport's relatively low elevation of 397 feet, planes can take off or land at Iași 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 closest airport to Iași International Airport (IAS) is Bălți-Leadoveni International Airport (BZY), which is located 46 miles (75 kilometers) N of IAS.
• RATP, the public transit operator in Iași, provides service on route 50, to the city centre, at specific times of day, correlated with flight arrivals and departures.
• In 1966, a concrete runway, with a total length of 1,800 m and with a modern lighting system, was built.
• Iași International Airport (IAS) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Iași International Airport (IAS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,253 miles (18,109 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Iași International Airport", another name for IAS is "Aeroportul Internațional Iași".
• In 2001, the passenger terminal was upgraded in order to use separate flows for domestic and international flights and, in 2005, an instrument landing system CAT II was implemented.
• Iași International Airport handled 231,933 passengers last year.

Facts about Bankstown Airport (BWU):

• The airport's master plan was approved in March 2005 by the Minister for Transport and Regional Services.
• In the late 1970s Hawker de Havilland relocated their Lidcombe plant to Bankstown Airport.
• The closest airport to Bankstown Airport (BWU) is Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (SYD), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) E of BWU.
• In addition to being known as "Bankstown Airport", another name for BWU is "Sydney/Bankstown Airport".
• Because of Bankstown Airport's relatively low elevation of 34 feet, planes can take off or land at Bankstown 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.
• Bankstown has its own dedicated air traffic control tower, operated by Airservices Australia, and uses Class D airspace procedures.
• Bankstown Airport is owned by the Federal Government and leased by Bankstown Airport Limited, a subsidiary of BAC Airports Pty Limited, whose ultimate shareholders include JF Infrastructure, Colonial First State and Australian Super.
• The furthest airport from Bankstown Airport (BWU) is Santa Maria Airport (SMA), which is nearly antipodal to Bankstown Airport (meaning Bankstown Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Santa Maria Airport), and is located 12,135 miles (19,529 kilometers) away in Santa Maria, Portugal.
• Bankstown Airport (BWU) has 3 runways.
• The terminal plays host to numerous events year round such as the annual Sydney Aviation Model Show.