Nonstop flight route between Mackay, Queensland, Australia and Kalispell, Montana, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Mackay Airport (MKY), Mackay, Queensland, Australia and Glacier Park International Airport (FCA), Kalispell, Montana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,594 miles (or 12,222 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 Mackay Airport and Glacier Park 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 Mackay Airport and Glacier Park International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MKY / YBMK |
Airport Name: | Mackay Airport |
Location: | Mackay, Queensland, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 21°10'18"S by 149°10'46"E |
Operator/Owner: | Mackay Airport Pty Ltd |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 19 feet (6 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from MKY |
More Information: | MKY Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FCA / KGPI |
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Location: | Kalispell, Montana, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 48°18'38"N by 114°15'21"W |
Area Served: | Kalispell, Montana |
Operator/Owner: | Flathead Municipal Airport Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2977 feet (907 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from FCA |
More Information: | FCA Maps & Info |
Facts about Mackay Airport (MKY):
- Mackay Airport (MKY) has 2 runways.
- Mackay Airport handled 1,049,172 passengers last year.
- In 1941, the Commonwealth Government took control of the airport from the Mackay City Council, and built a new passenger terminal in 1953.
- In 1938, the airport held an airshow featuring ten aircraft, which attracted over 8,000 spectators.
- In November 2008, Mackay Airport was sold to a private consortium to fund the development of Mackay Hospital.
- The closest airport to Mackay Airport (MKY) is Great Barrier Reef Airport (HTI), which is located 58 miles (94 kilometers) NNW of MKY.
- In January 2010, Auckland International Airport Limited, announced plans to purchase almost 25 per cent of North Queensland Airports, operator of the airports at Cairns and Mackay, for about $167 million.
- Because of Mackay Airport's relatively low elevation of 19 feet, planes can take off or land at Mackay 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 Mackay Airport (MKY) is Agostinho Neto Airport (NTO), which is located 11,973 miles (19,269 kilometers) away in Ponta do Sol, Santo Antão, Cape Verde.
- Moves to establish an airport at Mackay began in 1927, when Captain Ron Adair selected the site of the town commons for the construction of an aerodrome, and landed the first plane in Mackay there, his own Avro biplane.
- Despite the collapse of airlines Ansett Australia and Flight West Airlines in 2001, Mackay Airport has experienced considerable growth in recent years, due to the use of the airport by Virgin Australia and the expansion of QantasLink services, and handles over 620,000 passengers through the terminal per annum but that has slowed and the airport is up for sale.
Facts about Glacier Park International Airport (FCA):
- Glacier Park International Airport handled 355,928 passengers last year.
- Allegiant Air MD-80s fly nonstop to Las Vegas and Oakland several days a week.
- Glacier Park International Airport (FCA) has 2 runways.
- The terminal was upgraded in 1981, and upgrades to the terminal, runways and other facilities occurred in the 1990s.
- All flights at FCA by Delta Airlines and Delta Connection are jets.
- The furthest airport from Glacier Park International Airport (FCA) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,533 miles (16,951 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- In addition to being known as "Glacier Park International Airport", another name for FCA is "GPI".
- The closest airport to Glacier Park International Airport (FCA) is Pincher Creek Airport (WPC), which is located 84 miles (136 kilometers) N of FCA.