Nonstop flight route between Ipswich, England and Madang, Papua New Guinea:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Ipswich Airport (IPW), Ipswich, England and Madang Airport (MAG), Madang, Papua New Guinea would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,624 miles (or 13,879 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 Ipswich Airport and Madang 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 Ipswich Airport and Madang Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | IPW / EGSE |
Airport Name: | Ipswich Airport |
Location: | Ipswich, England |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°1'50"N by 1°11'40"E |
Airport Type: | Closed |
Elevation: | 128 feet (39 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from IPW |
More Information: | IPW Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MAG / AYMD |
Airport Name: | Madang Airport |
Location: | Madang, Papua New Guinea |
GPS Coordinates: | 5°12'29"S by 145°46'59"E |
Operator/Owner: | Papua New Guinea Office Of Civil Aviation |
Airport Type: | Public |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MAG |
More Information: | MAG Maps & Info |
Facts about Ipswich Airport (IPW):
- The airport, over its functional lifetime, offered scheduled flights to Clacton, Southend and Jersey by Channel Airways and later to Amsterdam, Manchester by Suckling Airways.
- The site of Ravens Wood 147 acres was purchased by the Ipswich Corporation in 1929 with the intention of creating a municipal airport for Ipswich, with construction starting in the following year.
- Because of Ipswich Airport's relatively low elevation of 128 feet, planes can take off or land at Ipswich 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 Ipswich Airport (IPW) is RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) NW of IPW.
- The site has since been redeveloped as the Ravenswood housing estate.
- Ipswich Airport (IPW) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Ipswich Airport (IPW) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,859 miles (19,084 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
Facts about Madang Airport (MAG):
- Imperial Japanese Army Air Force
- The closest airport to Madang Airport (MAG) is Gusap Airport (GAP), which is located 60 miles (96 kilometers) SSE of MAG.
- Madang Airport (MAG) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Madang Airport (MAG) is Governador Carlos Wilson Airport (FEN), which is located 11,799 miles (18,988 kilometers) away in Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil.