Nonstop flight route between Kingscote, South Australia, Australia and Gibraltar:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kingscote Airport (KGC), Kingscote, South Australia, Australia and Gibraltar International Airport (GIB), Gibraltar would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,372 miles (or 16,692 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 Kingscote Airport and Gibraltar 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 Kingscote Airport and Gibraltar 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 Kingscote Airport (KGC):

• In competition with the larger aircraft, and generally with more flexible timetables, a succession of smaller airlines from the 1980s tried with varying success to maintain a 'second string' presence.
• The furthest airport from Kingscote Airport (KGC) is Flores Airport (FLW), which is located 11,764 miles (18,933 kilometers) away in Flores Island, Azores, Portugal.
• Kingscote Airport (KGC) has 3 runways.
• Following the withdrawal of ASA, Kendell Airlines, operated 19-seat Fairchild Metroliners and 34 seat SAAB aircraft to the Island.
• Kingscote Airport was ranked 60th in Australia for the number of revenue passengers served in financial year 2010-2011.
• Because of Kingscote Airport's relatively low elevation of 24 feet, planes can take off or land at Kingscote 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.
• Kingscote Airport handled 51,021 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Kingscote Airport (KGC) is Adelaide Airport (ADL), which is located 78 miles (125 kilometers) NE of KGC.

Facts about Gibraltar International Airport (GIB):

• The closest airport to Gibraltar International Airport (GIB) is Ceuta Heliport (JCU), which is located only 18 miles (29 kilometers) S of GIB.
• Because of Gibraltar International Airport's relatively low elevation of 15 feet, planes can take off or land at Gibraltar 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 addition to being known as "Gibraltar International Airport", another name for GIB is "(North Front Airport)".
• The furthest airport from Gibraltar International Airport (GIB) is Whangarei Airport (WRE), which is nearly antipodal to Gibraltar International Airport (meaning Gibraltar International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Whangarei Airport), and is located 12,406 miles (19,965 kilometers) away in Whangarei, New Zealand.
• It was announced in January 2014 that an air route between Gibraltar and Marrakech would be established and launched in April.
• On 3 November 2003, Monarch announced a new route from Gibraltar to Manchester Airport.
• On 10 January 2012, Gibraltar was selected as one of the 'World's Scariest Airport Landings and Take-offs' in the travel section of the Daily Telegraph due to its runway which extends into the sea.
• Gibraltar International Airport (GIB) currently has only 1 runway.
• Gibraltar International Airport handled 383,013 passengers last year.
• A new dual carriageway is also being built.