Nonstop flight route between Klagenfurt, Austria and Alotau, Papua New Guinea:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Klagenfurt Airport (KLU), Klagenfurt, Austria and Gurney Airport (GUR), Alotau, Papua New Guinea would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,846 miles (or 14,236 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 Klagenfurt Airport and Gurney 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 Klagenfurt Airport and Gurney Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Klagenfurt Airport (KLU):

• In addition to being known as "Klagenfurt Airport", another name for KLU is "Kärnten Airport".
• After the end of World War II, Julius Fedrigoni was returned to Annabichl, he worked with low-budget flight operations.
• The nearest bigger international airport is Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport in Slovenia approx.
• The closest airport to Klagenfurt Airport (KLU) is Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) S of KLU.
• In World War I and II, the airport of Klagenfurt was operated as a military airfield, and indeed Klagenfurt Airport was founded in 1914 as a military airport.
• Klagenfurt Airport (KLU) has 2 runways.
• The airport has its own exit named Klagenfurt Flughafen on the nearby motorway A2 which leads to Vienna and Italy.
• The furthest airport from Klagenfurt Airport (KLU) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,877 miles (19,114 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.

Facts about Gurney Airport (GUR):

• Built by the US Army 96th Engineer General Service Regiment, Company E of 46th Engineer General Service Regiment and No.
• Gurney Airport (GUR) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport resides at an elevation of 88 feet above mean sea level.
• Because of Gurney Airport's relatively low elevation of 89 feet, planes can take off or land at Gurney 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 Gurney Airport (GUR) is Vivigani Airport (VIV), which is located 69 miles (112 kilometers) N of GUR.
• The airport is a single runway general aviation facility, however in December, 2008, the PNG Minister for Transport and Civil Aviation, Don Polye announced that aviation company Skyworld had been granted permission to operate direct flights from Cairns, Australia to Gurney.
• The furthest airport from Gurney Airport (GUR) is São Filipe Airport (SFL), which is located 11,966 miles (19,257 kilometers) away in Fogo, Cape Verde.