Nonstop flight route between Novato, California, United States and Jandakot, Western Australia, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Marin County Airport (NOT), Novato, California, United States and Jandakot Airport (JAD), Jandakot, Western Australia, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,162 miles (or 14,745 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 Marin County Airport and Jandakot 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 Marin County Airport and Jandakot Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Marin County Airport (NOT):

• The closest airport to Marin County Airport (NOT) is Napa County Airport (APC), which is located only 16 miles (25 kilometers) ENE of NOT.
• Stol Air Commuter operated flights between the airfield and San Francisco International Airport during the 1970s.
• Typical left traffic pattern 13 landings during high crosswinds are flown through varying rotor wind turbulence on the backside of Burdell Mountain and a relatively constant crosswind near the ground.
• Gnoss Field is known to local pilots and flight instructors as an excellent airport to practice crosswind landings, especially during afternoons in the late spring and summer when the west wind picks up.
• Because of Marin County Airport's relatively low elevation of 2 feet, planes can take off or land at Marin County 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 Marin County Airport (NOT) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,343 miles (18,254 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• Marin County Airport (NOT) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Marin County Airport", other names for NOT include "Gnoss Field" and "DVO".
• The Wrights original privately owned airport had a dirt runway and was just west of the current airport, in what is now a grassy field.

Facts about Jandakot Airport (JAD):

• This airport has three runways, 06L/24R, 1,392 m × 30 m, 06R/24L, 1,150 m × 18 m, and 12/30, 990 m × 30 m.
• Over 65 businesses employing 900 people operate at what is Australia's largest GA airport.
• Jandakot Airport (JAD) has 3 runways.
• Jandakot Airport covers 6.22 km2 with 4 km2 of Banksia woodlands.
• The closest airport to Jandakot Airport (JAD) is Perth Airport (PER), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) NNE of JAD.
• The airport provides a base for essential service organisations such as the Royal Flying Doctor Service, Department of Environment and Conservation Forest and Bushfire Patrol, Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia emergency helicopter and the WA Police Air Support.
• Because of Jandakot Airport's relatively low elevation of 99 feet, planes can take off or land at Jandakot 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 Jandakot Airport (JAD) is L.F. Wade International Airport (BDA), which is nearly antipodal to Jandakot Airport (meaning Jandakot Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from L.F. Wade International Airport), and is located 12,399 miles (19,955 kilometers) away in Ferry Reach (near Hamilton), Bermuda.