Nonstop flight route between Coolangatta, Queensland, Australia and Kasikasima, Suriname:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from OOL to KCB:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- OOL Airport Information
- KCB Airport Information
- Facts about OOL
- Facts about KCB
- Map of Nearest Airports to OOL
- List of Nearest Airports to OOL
- Map of Furthest Airports from OOL
- List of Furthest Airports from OOL
- Map of Nearest Airports to KCB
- List of Nearest Airports to KCB
- Map of Furthest Airports from KCB
- List of Furthest Airports from KCB
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Gold Coast Airport (OOL), Coolangatta, Queensland, Australia and Tepoe Airstrip (KCB), Kasikasima, Suriname would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,851 miles (or 15,854 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 Tepoe Airstrip, 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 Tepoe Airstrip. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | OOL / YBCG |
| Airport Name: | Gold Coast Airport |
| Location: | Coolangatta, Queensland, Australia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 28°9'53"S by 153°30'17"E |
| Area Served: | Gold Coast, Queensland |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 21 feet (6 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from OOL |
| More Information: | OOL Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | KCB / |
| Airport Names: |
|
| Location: | Kasikasima, Suriname |
| GPS Coordinates: | 3°8'59"N by 55°43'1"W |
| Operator/Owner: | Luchtvaartdienst Suriname |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| View all routes: | Routes from KCB |
| More Information: | KCB Maps & Info |
Facts about Gold Coast Airport (OOL):
- Gold Coast Airport (OOL) has 2 runways.
- 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 airport opened an extension to the main runway as well as a full length parallel taxiway in May 2007.
- On 22 September 2008 it was announced that Air Pacific will expand its services to Australia with the introduction of twice weekly flights between Nadi, Fiji and the Gold Coast commencing in December 2008.
- Despite the name change from Coolangatta Airport to Gold Coast Airport during the change of ownership, the airport still carries its original IATA Airport code, OOL.
- Gold Coast Airport handled 5,261,773 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Gold Coast Airport (OOL) is Ballina Byron Gateway Airport (BNK), which is located 46 miles (75 kilometers) S of OOL.
- On 16 November 2010 Jetstar announced new daily direct services to Hobart.
- Until 1999 the airport was known as Coolangatta Airport.
Facts about Tepoe Airstrip (KCB):
- The furthest airport from Tepoe Airstrip (KCB) is Haluoleo Airport (WMA) (KDI), which is nearly antipodal to Tepoe Airstrip (meaning Tepoe Airstrip is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Haluoleo Airport (WMA)), and is located 12,293 miles (19,784 kilometers) away in Kendari, Indonesia.
- The closest airport to Tepoe Airstrip (KCB) is Vincent Fayks Airport (OEM), which is located 23 miles (38 kilometers) NE of KCB.
- In addition to being known as "Tepoe Airstrip", another name for KCB is "SMTP".
