Nonstop flight route between Lismore, New South Wales, Australia and Gander, Newfoundland, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lismore Airport (LSY), Lismore, New South Wales, Australia and Gander International Airport (YQX), Gander, Newfoundland, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,416 miles (or 16,762 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 Lismore Airport and Gander 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 Lismore Airport and Gander 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 Lismore Airport (LSY):

• Because of Lismore Airport's relatively low elevation of 35 feet, planes can take off or land at Lismore 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 furthest airport from Lismore Airport (LSY) is La Palma Airport (SPC), which is located 11,892 miles (19,139 kilometers) away in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain.
• The closest airport to Lismore Airport (LSY) is Ballina Byron Gateway Airport (BNK), which is located only 18 miles (29 kilometers) E of LSY.
• Lismore Airport (LSY) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Gander International Airport (YQX):

• Because of Gander International Airport's relatively low elevation of 496 feet, planes can take off or land at Gander 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.
• To honour the people of Gander and Halifax for their support during the operation, Lufthansa named a new Airbus A340-300 "Gander/Halifax" on May 16, 2002.
• The closest airport to Gander International Airport (YQX) is St. John's International Airport (YYT), which is located 124 miles (199 kilometers) SE of YQX.
• Gander International Airport is located in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, and is operated by the Gander International Airport Authority.
• Officials at Gander International Airport have stated that the future for the airport is grim unless the federal government provides funding to cover costs.
• The furthest airport from Gander International Airport (YQX) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,395 miles (18,338 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• On December 12, 1985 Arrow Air Flight 1285 crashed on take-off from, the then runway 22.
• Gander International Airport (YQX) has 2 runways.
• With the advent of jets with longer range in the 1960s most flights no longer needed to refuel.
• On September 11, 2001, with United States airspace closed due to the terrorist attacks, Gander International played host to 39 airliners, totaling 6,122 passengers and 473 crew, as part of Operation Yellow Ribbon.
• The Royal Canadian Navy also established Naval Radio Station Gander at the airfield, using the station as a listening post to detect the transmissions and location of enemy submarines and warships.