Nonstop flight route between Coolangatta, Queensland, Australia and Corrientes, Corrientes, Argentina:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gold Coast Airport (OOL), Coolangatta, Queensland, Australia and Doctor Fernando Piragine Niveyro International Airport (CNQ), Corrientes, Corrientes, Argentina would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,040 miles (or 12,938 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 Doctor Fernando Piragine Niveyro 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 Gold Coast Airport and Doctor Fernando Piragine Niveyro 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 Gold Coast Airport (OOL):

• In 2003 GCAPL was taken over by Queensland Airports Limited and today also own and operate Mount Isa Airport and Townsville Airport.
• By 2009 Jetstar began flying at least twice daily to the Japanese cities of Tokyo and Osaka.
• 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.
• 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.
• The final runway was confirmed as 2,492 m long in 2007, as says the plaque and photos of 2006 runway length of 2042m compared to the 2007 runway length of 2,492m on the left wall of the arrivals southern exit.
• On 26 October 2010 Gold Coast Airport was named the 2010 Major Airport of the Year 2010 by the Australian Airports Association.
• On 13 August 2012 Qantas announced that it will return to Gold Coast, flying from Sydney three times daily using a Boeing 737-800.
• The closest airport to Gold Coast Airport (OOL) is Ballina Byron Gateway Airport (BNK), which is located 46 miles (75 kilometers) S of OOL.
• Gold Coast Airport (OOL) has 2 runways.
• Gold Coast Airport handled 5,261,773 passengers last year.

Facts about Doctor Fernando Piragine Niveyro International Airport (CNQ):

• The closest airport to Doctor Fernando Piragine Niveyro International Airport (CNQ) is Resistencia International Airport (RES), which is located only 18 miles (29 kilometers) W of CNQ.
• Doctor Fernando Piragine Niveyro International Airport (CNQ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Doctor Fernando Piragine Niveyro International Airport (CNQ) is Wenzhou Longwan International Airport (WNZ), which is nearly antipodal to Doctor Fernando Piragine Niveyro International Airport (meaning Doctor Fernando Piragine Niveyro International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Wenzhou Longwan International Airport), and is located 12,397 miles (19,951 kilometers) away in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
• In addition to being known as "Doctor Fernando Piragine Niveyro International Airport", another name for CNQ is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Corrientes – Doctor Fernando Piragine Niveyro".
• Between April and July 2014, Corrientes Airport will be closed because of works at Runway 02/20.
• Because of Doctor Fernando Piragine Niveyro International Airport's relatively low elevation of 203 feet, planes can take off or land at Doctor Fernando Piragine Niveyro 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.