Nonstop flight route between Jandakot, Western Australia, Australia and Louisville, Kentucky, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Jandakot Airport (JAD), Jandakot, Western Australia, Australia and Louisville International Airport (SDF), Louisville, Kentucky, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 11,149 miles (or 17,942 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 Jandakot Airport and Louisville 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 Jandakot Airport and Louisville 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 Jandakot Airport (JAD):

• On the main road opposite the tower there is a memorial to Robin Miller, the "Sugarbird Lady", who as a nurse and later RFDS pilot brought vaccinations to remote Western Australian communities.
• Because of Jandakot Airport's relatively low elevation of 99 feet, planes can take off or land at Jandakot 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 airport recorded 275,506 aircraft movements in fiscal year 2011, making it the busiest airport in Australia in terms of aircraft movements.
• The furthest airport from Jandakot Airport (JAD) is L.F. Wade International Airport (BDA), which is nearly antipodal to Jandakot Airport (meaning Jandakot Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from L.F. Wade International Airport), and is located 12,399 miles (19,955 kilometers) away in Ferry Reach (near Hamilton), Bermuda.
• Its post code is 6164.
• The closest airport to Jandakot Airport (JAD) is Perth Airport (PER), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) NNE of JAD.
• Jandakot Airport (JAD) has 3 runways.
• Jandakot Airport covers 6.22 km2 with 4 km2 of Banksia woodlands.

Facts about Louisville International Airport (SDF):

• Until around 1947 Bowman Field was Louisville's main airport.
• Louisville International Airport (SDF) has 3 runways.
• Louisville International Airport handled 3,349,162 passengers last year.
• Standiford Field was built by the Army Corps of Engineers in 1941 on a parcel of land south of Louisville that was found not to have flooded during the Ohio River flood of 1937.
• The furthest airport from Louisville International Airport (SDF) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,239 miles (18,088 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Louisville International Airport's relatively low elevation of 501 feet, planes can take off or land at Louisville 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.
• In 1970 the terminal again expanded.
• UPS Airlines is currently the airport's largest operator.
• In addition to being known as "Louisville International Airport", another name for SDF is "Standiford Field".
• The closest airport to Louisville International Airport (SDF) is Bowman Field (LOU), which is located only 5 miles (9 kilometers) NE of SDF.