Nonstop flight route between Kaunas, Lithuania and Hamilton Island, Queensland, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kaunas International Airport (KUN), Kaunas, Lithuania and Great Barrier Reef Airport (HTI), Hamilton Island, Queensland, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,729 miles (or 14,048 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 Kaunas International Airport and Great Barrier Reef 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 Kaunas International Airport and Great Barrier Reef Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kaunas International Airport (KUN):

• The closest airport to Kaunas International Airport (KUN) is Vilnius International Airport (VNO), which is located 53 miles (85 kilometers) ESE of KUN.
• Because of Kaunas International Airport's relatively low elevation of 256 feet, planes can take off or land at Kaunas 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.
• FL Technics has announced its plans to invest almost 4 million US dollars into high-tech aircraft maintenance equipment at its newly launched MRO hangar in Kaunas.
• The only international link to the airport is provided by Latvian operator Flybus, which runs the schedule to both Riga city centre and Riga International Airport.
• The airport is owned and operated by the State-owned enterprise Kauno Aerouostas, and is fully governable to the Ministry of Transport and Communications.
• The furthest airport from Kaunas International Airport (KUN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,242 miles (18,092 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Kaunas International Airport (KUN) currently has only 1 runway.
• Ryanair, is the main passenger carrier at the airport, which gradually expanded its network there since 2005, when the airline first time landed at the airport.
• In 2008 the new three-storey terminal building has been opened for passenger operations.
• In addition to being known as "Kaunas International Airport", another name for KUN is "Kauno Oro uostas".

Facts about Great Barrier Reef Airport (HTI):

• The furthest airport from Great Barrier Reef Airport (HTI) is Agostinho Neto Airport (NTO), which is located 11,990 miles (19,297 kilometers) away in Ponta do Sol, Santo Antão, Cape Verde.
• Great Barrier Reef Airport handled 457,641 passengers last year.
• Great Barrier Reef Airport (HTI) currently has only 1 runway.
• *Sydney route included from July 2009
• The closest airport to Great Barrier Reef Airport (HTI) is Whitsunday Airport (WSY), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) WNW of HTI.
• In addition to being known as "Great Barrier Reef Airport", another name for HTI is "Hamilton Island".
• Because of Great Barrier Reef Airport's relatively low elevation of 15 feet, planes can take off or land at Great Barrier Reef 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.