Nonstop flight route between Portland, Oregon, United States and Kerang, Victoria, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Portland International Airport (PDX), Portland, Oregon, United States and Kerang Airport (KRA), Kerang, Victoria, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,074 miles (or 12,993 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 Portland International Airport and Kerang 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 Portland International Airport and Kerang Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Portland International Airport (PDX):

• Portland International Airport (PDX) has 3 runways.
• The closest airport to Portland International Airport (PDX) is Portland-Troutdale Airport (TTD), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) ESE of PDX.
• Concourses A and B are given mostly to Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air.
• Because of Portland International Airport's relatively low elevation of 30 feet, planes can take off or land at Portland 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.
• By the 1980s, the terminal building began an extensive renovation in order to update PDX to meet future needs.
• A new terminal opened in 1959, which for the most part serves as the present facility.
• Portland International Airport handled 1,502,956 passengers last year.
• The present H-shape of the PDX terminal, designed by Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership, was completed on September 10, 2001 when the new A, B and C concourses, as well as the light rail line, were finished.
• The furthest airport from Portland International Airport (PDX) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,903 miles (17,546 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• In 2012, PDX handled 14,390,784 passengers and had non-stop commercial air service to 17 of the 18 most populated US Metropolitan Statistical Areas.
• In 1925 aviation proponents proposed an airport for Portland on Swan Island, northwest of downtown Portland on the Willamette River.
• Delta Air Lines announced that it will keep its nonstop flights to Amsterdam and Tokyo, the latter requiring a direct transfer of $3.5 million, to Delta, by the Port of Portland to subsidize the route.
• The "super airport" had a terminal on the north side, off Marine Drive, and five runways.

Facts about Kerang Airport (KRA):

• The furthest airport from Kerang Airport (KRA) is Flores Airport (FLW), which is nearly antipodal to Kerang Airport (meaning Kerang Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Flores Airport), and is located 12,065 miles (19,417 kilometers) away in Flores Island, Azores, Portugal.
• The closest airport to Kerang Airport (KRA) is Echuca Airport (ECH), which is located 54 miles (87 kilometers) ESE of KRA.
• Because of Kerang Airport's relatively low elevation of 254 feet, planes can take off or land at Kerang 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.
• Kerang Airport (KRA) currently has only 1 runway.