Nonstop flight route between Longreach, Queensland, Australia and Chachapoyas, Peru:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Longreach Airport (LRE), Longreach, Queensland, Australia and Chachapoyas Airport (CHH), Chachapoyas, Peru would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,934 miles (or 14,378 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 Chachapoyas 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 Chachapoyas Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LRE / YLRE |
Airport Name: | Longreach Airport |
Location: | Longreach, Queensland, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 23°26'3"S by 144°16'49"E |
Operator/Owner: | Longreach Shire Council |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 627 feet (191 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LRE |
More Information: | LRE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CHH / SPPY |
Airport Name: | Chachapoyas Airport |
Location: | Chachapoyas, Peru |
GPS Coordinates: | 6°12'6"S by 77°51'21"W |
Operator/Owner: | ADP |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 8333 feet (2,540 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CHH |
More Information: | CHH Maps & Info |
Facts about Longreach Airport (LRE):
- 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.
- In 1990, the Department of Aviation closed the Longreach Flight Service Unit, the descendant of the Aeradio station opened in 1941.
- 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.
- 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.
- The closest airport to Longreach Airport (LRE) is Barcaldine Airport (BCI), which is located 66 miles (106 kilometers) E of LRE.
- At one time in the 1960s, Longreach airport was one of the busiest inland airports in Australia.
- Longreach Airport (LRE) currently has only 1 runway.
- In 2012, a new terminal was opened to comply with new security regulations.
- In late 1920, the Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Service was founded.
Facts about Chachapoyas Airport (CHH):
- Chachapoyas Airport (CHH) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Chachapoyas Airport (CHH) is Mayor General FAP Armando Revoredo Iglesias (CJA), which is located 78 miles (126 kilometers) SW of CHH.
- Because of Chachapoyas Airport's high elevation of 8,333 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at CHH. Combined with a high temperature, this could make CHH a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Chachapoyas Airport (CHH) is Sultan Ismail Petra Airport (KBR), which is nearly antipodal to Chachapoyas Airport (meaning Chachapoyas Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Sultan Ismail Petra Airport), and is located 12,426 miles (19,998 kilometers) away in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia.