Nonstop flight route between Kilkenny, Ireland and Perth, Western Australia, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kilkenny Airport (KKY), Kilkenny, Ireland and Perth Airport (PER), Perth, Western Australia, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,304 miles (or 14,974 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 Kilkenny Airport and Perth 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 Kilkenny Airport and Perth Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kilkenny Airport (KKY):

• Because of Kilkenny Airport's relatively low elevation of 300 feet, planes can take off or land at Kilkenny 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 furthest airport from Kilkenny Airport (KKY) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,990 miles (19,296 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Kilkenny Airport", other names for KKY include "Bantry Aerodrome" and "EIKK / EIKL".
• Kilkenny Airport (KKY) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Kilkenny Airport (KKY) is Waterford Airport (WAT), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) SSE of KKY.

Facts about Perth Airport (PER):

• In 1960, the current international terminal previously constructed from steel and cladding from Manus Island was dismantled and then re-erected in the suburb of Cannington.
• The closest airport to Perth Airport (PER) is Jandakot Airport (JAD), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) SSW of PER.
• The furthest airport from Perth Airport (PER) is L.F. Wade International Airport (BDA), which is nearly antipodal to Perth Airport (meaning Perth Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from L.F. Wade International Airport), and is located 12,389 miles (19,938 kilometers) away in Ferry Reach (near Hamilton), Bermuda.
• Despite military use of the airfield, civil services operated by Qantas Empire Airways and Australian National Airways commenced from the location in 1944.
• Perth Airport (PER) has 2 runways.
• On 14 October 2008, the Airbus A380 made its first visit to the airport as a part of the Qantas A380 promotional tour around Australia.
• Perth Airport handled 13,664,394 passengers last year.
• Even before civil aviation operations could commence at the new site, the onset of World War II saw the facility being redesigned for military purposes as a temporary base for the Royal Australian Air Force and United States Navy, known as "RAAF Station Guildford", primarily to supplement RAAF Base Pearce.Royal Australian Air Force No.
• From 1962 onwards, both the domestic and international passenger operations at the airport were provided by a single terminal.
• Because of Perth Airport's relatively low elevation of 67 feet, planes can take off or land at Perth 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.