Nonstop flight route between Saint Petersburg, Russia (formerly Leningrad between 1924 and 1991) and Perth, Western Australia, Australia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Pulkovo Airport (LED), Saint Petersburg, Russia (formerly Leningrad between 1924 and 1991) and Perth Airport (PER), Perth, Western Australia, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,957 miles (or 12,806 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 Pulkovo 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 Pulkovo Airport and Perth Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LED / ULLI |
Airport Names: |
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Location: | Saint Petersburg, Russia (formerly Leningrad between 1924 and 1991) |
GPS Coordinates: | 59°48'1"N by 30°15'44"E |
Area Served: | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
Operator/Owner: | Saint Petersburg City Administration |
Airport Type: | International |
Elevation: | 79 feet (24 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from LED |
More Information: | LED Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PER / YPPH |
Airport Name: | Perth Airport |
Location: | Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 31°56'25"S by 115°58'0"E |
Area Served: | Perth, Western Australia |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Australia |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 67 feet (20 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from PER |
More Information: | PER Maps & Info |
Facts about Pulkovo Airport (LED):
- For private car travel, Pulkovo Airport is accessible via the nearby Pulkovo Highway from St.
- The closest airport to Pulkovo Airport (LED) is Rzhevka Airport (RVH), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) NE of LED.
- Originally it was named Shosseynaya Airport, by the name of a nearby railroad station.
- The furthest airport from Pulkovo Airport (LED) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,868 miles (17,491 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- In addition to being known as "Pulkovo Airport", another name for LED is "Аэропо́рт Пу́лково".
- As of 2013, Pulkovo is the 3rd busiest in Russia after Moscow's Domodedovo and Sheremetyevo airports.
- Pulkovo Airport (LED) has 2 runways.
- Pulkovo Airport handled 12,854,366 passengers last year.
- Because of Pulkovo Airport's relatively low elevation of 79 feet, planes can take off or land at Pulkovo 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.
Facts about Perth Airport (PER):
- Perth Airport handled 13,664,394 passengers last year.
- At this time also, airline operators Qantas and Ansett set about on ambitious capital works programs to construct new domestic terminals for their respective airlines on the northern side of the terminal, where they still stand to this day.
- The domestic and international terminals are located separately, 11 km apart, and connected by a road – Dunreath Drive – an internal road connection within the airport boundaries.
- Towards the mid-1950s, airline travel was still only being used by a small percentage of the population.
- It was also on this day that Qantas commenced its Wallaby service using the Constellation Charles Kingsford Smith" from Sydney to South Africa via Western Australia, the Cocos Islands, and Mauritius.
- Despite military use of the airfield, civil services operated by Qantas Empire Airways and Australian National Airways commenced from the location in 1944.
- The closest airport to Perth Airport (PER) is Jandakot Airport (JAD), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) SSW of PER.
- Perth Airport (PER) has 2 runways.
- The two domestic terminals are side by side and about 12 km from the Perth CBD, while the international terminal is 17 km from Perth.
- The move was agreed to by the government of the day, as the larger types of aircraft of the day being operated by the two airlines could simply not be handled at Maylands, notwithstanding the small grass airfield, lack of passenger facilities, and approaches being difficult due to surrounding industrial infrastructure.
- 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.
- The removal of the steel structure made way for the construction of an entirely new combined domestic and international passenger terminal, constructed on the northern side of the airfield.
- 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.