Nonstop flight route between Coolangatta, Queensland, Australia and Miami, Florida, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gold Coast Airport (OOL), Coolangatta, Queensland, Australia and Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport (TMB), Miami, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,136 miles (or 14,703 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 Kendall-Tamiami Executive 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 Kendall-Tamiami Executive 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):

• By 2009 Jetstar began flying at least twice daily to the Japanese cities of Tokyo and Osaka.
• 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.
• It is anticipated that a railway station will be constructed at the airport when the Gold Coast Line is extended.
• Gold Coast Airport handled 5,261,773 passengers last year.
• Gold Coast Airport (OOL) has 2 runways.
• 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.
• For the 2010–11 financial year, Gold Coast Airport was the sixth busiest airport in Australia in terms of passengers and eighth in aircraftmovements.
• 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 13 August 2012 Qantas announced that it will return to Gold Coast, flying from Sydney three times daily using a Boeing 737-800.

Facts about Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport (TMB):

• The closest airport to Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport (TMB) is Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) SSE of TMB.
• The furthest airport from Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport (TMB) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,565 miles (18,613 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport (TMB) has 3 runways.
• Ohio University Avionics Engineering Center operates a controversial avionics test facility on Runway 9L, the north runway at Kendall-Tamiami Airport.
• Fire protection at the airport is provided by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department Station 24.
• Because of Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport's relatively low elevation of 8 feet, planes can take off or land at Kendall-Tamiami Executive 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.