Nonstop flight route between Yaoundé, Cameroon and Shellharbour, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport (NSI), Yaoundé, Cameroon and Illawarra Regional Airport (WOL), Shellharbour, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,068 miles (or 14,593 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 Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport and Illawarra Regional 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 Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport and Illawarra Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport (NSI):

• The closest airport to Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport (NSI) is Yaoundé Airport (YAO), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) NNW of NSI.
• In addition to being known as "Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport", another name for NSI is "Aéroport international de Yaoundé-Nsimalen".
• In 2004, the Nsimalen airport served 190,487 passengers in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon.
• The airport is issue with modern facilities.
• Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport handled 208,973 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport (NSI) is Canton Island Airport (CIS), which is nearly antipodal to Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport (meaning Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Canton Island Airport), and is located 12,203 miles (19,638 kilometers) away in Canton Island, Kiribati.
• Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport (NSI) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Illawarra Regional Airport (WOL):

• In addition to being known as "Illawarra Regional Airport", another name for WOL is "Wollongong Airport".
• Because of Illawarra Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 31 feet, planes can take off or land at Illawarra Regional 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 Illawarra Regional Airport (WOL) is Horta International Airport (HOR), which is nearly antipodal to Illawarra Regional Airport (meaning Illawarra Regional Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Horta International Airport), and is located 12,162 miles (19,573 kilometers) away in Horta, Azores, Portugal.
• The closest airport to Illawarra Regional Airport (WOL) is Camden Aerodrome (CDU), which is located 36 miles (59 kilometers) N of WOL.
• Illawarra Regional Airport, owned and operated by Shellharbour City Council, is located at the intersection of the F6, Princes Highway and Illawarra Highway at Albion Park Rail.
• Despite the length of the runway being sufficient for operating large passenger jets such as the Boeing 737, the pavements are currently only suitable for aircraft with a Maximum Takeoff Weight not exceeding 25,000 kilograms.
• Following the war, Trans Australia Airlines and Australian National Airways linked the airport with Canberra and Melbourne until 1950.
• Illawarra Regional Airport (WOL) has 2 runways.
• The airport is home to a growing Light Aeronautics Industry Cluster, the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society, Australian Aerial Patrol, and a range of tourism related operations.