Nonstop flight route between Coolangatta, Queensland, Australia and Allakaket, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gold Coast Airport (OOL), Coolangatta, Queensland, Australia and Allakaket Airport (AET), Allakaket, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,122 miles (or 11,461 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 Gold Coast Airport and Allakaket 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 Gold Coast Airport and Allakaket Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Gold Coast Airport (OOL):

• The closest airport to Gold Coast Airport (OOL) is Ballina Byron Gateway Airport (BNK), which is located 46 miles (75 kilometers) S of OOL.
• Because of Gold Coast Airport's relatively low elevation of 21 feet, planes can take off or land at Gold Coast 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.
• Gold Coast Airport handled 5,261,773 passengers last year.
• On 30 March 2011 Gold Coast Airport was named the Best Regional Airport Asia/Pacific and was awarded the staff Service Excellence Australia/Pacific award at the Skytrax World Airport Awards in Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Gold Coast Airport (OOL) has 2 runways.
• Until 1999 the airport was known as Coolangatta Airport.
• In 2003 GCAPL was taken over by Queensland Airports Limited and today also own and operate Mount Isa Airport and Townsville Airport.
• The furthest airport from Gold Coast Airport (OOL) is La Palma Airport (SPC), which is located 11,905 miles (19,159 kilometers) away in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain.
• In 1990 the airport welcomed its first international charter service from New Zealand, and by 1999 Air New Zealand low-cost subsidiary Freedom Air started scheduled no-frills service from Hamilton, New Zealand with Boeing 737s.
• The airport opened an extension to the main runway as well as a full length parallel taxiway in May 2007.

Facts about Allakaket Airport (AET):

• The furthest airport from Allakaket Airport (AET) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,185 miles (16,392 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
• Allakaket Airport (AET) currently has only 1 runway.
• Allakaket Airport has one runway designated 5/23 with a gravel surface measuring 4,000 by 100 feet.
• The closest airport to Allakaket Airport (AET) is Bettles Airport (BTT), which is located 39 miles (63 kilometers) NE of AET.
• In addition to being known as "Allakaket Airport", another name for AET is "6A8".
• Allakaket Airport, is a state-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles north-northwest of the central business district of Allakaket, a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S.
• Because of Allakaket Airport's relatively low elevation of 441 feet, planes can take off or land at Allakaket 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.