Nonstop flight route between Longreach, Queensland, Australia and Ahmedabad, India:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Longreach Airport (LRE), Longreach, Queensland, Australia and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (AMD), Ahmedabad, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,782 miles (or 9,306 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 Longreach Airport and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 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 Longreach Airport and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 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 Longreach Airport (LRE):

• Amy Johnson landed her de Havilland Gipsy Moth, registered G-AAAH, at the airport in 1930.
• The closest airport to Longreach Airport (LRE) is Barcaldine Airport (BCI), which is located 66 miles (106 kilometers) E of LRE.
• During World War II, Longreach airport became, for a short time in 1942, a base for United States Army Air Forces B-17 bomber aircraft of the 28th and 93d Bombardment Squadrons.
• The furthest airport from Longreach Airport (LRE) is Agostinho Neto Airport (NTO), which is located 11,625 miles (18,709 kilometers) away in Ponta do Sol, Santo Antão, Cape Verde.
• Longreach Airport is situated in Longreach, Queensland, Australia.
• Longreach Airport (LRE) currently has only 1 runway.
• The first overland flight across the Australian continent from Melbourne to Darwin passed through the airport in 1919.
• Because of Longreach Airport's relatively low elevation of 627 feet, planes can take off or land at Longreach 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 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (AMD):

• Cargo Terminal handles all cargo operations.
• T2 was inaugurated on 4 July 2010 and opened for use on 15 September 2010.
• Because of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport's relatively low elevation of 189 feet, planes can take off or land at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 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.
• Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (AMD) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (AMD) is Civil Airport Harni (BDQ), which is located 64 miles (103 kilometers) SE of AMD.
• The furthest airport from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (AMD) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (meaning Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,126 miles (19,516 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• The new terminal has a half kilometre long moving walkway, which connects the two terminals.