Nonstop flight route between Perth, Western Australia, Australia and Graz, Austria:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Perth Airport (PER), Perth, Western Australia, Australia and Graz Airport (GRZ), Graz, Austria would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,258 miles (or 13,289 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 Perth Airport and Graz 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 Perth Airport and Graz Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Perth Airport (PER):

• Because of Perth Airport's relatively low elevation of 67 feet, planes can take off or land at Perth 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.
• Despite military use of the airfield, civil services operated by Qantas Empire Airways and Australian National Airways commenced from the location in 1944.
• The furthest airport from Perth Airport (PER) is L.F. Wade International Airport (BDA), which is nearly antipodal to Perth Airport (meaning Perth Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from L.F. Wade International Airport), and is located 12,389 miles (19,938 kilometers) away in Ferry Reach (near Hamilton), Bermuda.
• The airport has seen strong passenger growth in the last few years, primarily due to the state's prolonged mining boom and an increase in traffic from international low-cost carrier airlines.
• The closest airport to Perth Airport (PER) is Jandakot Airport (JAD), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) SSW of PER.
• Towards the mid-1950s, airline travel was still only being used by a small percentage of the population.
• Construction of the new International Terminal and control tower commenced in March 1984 on the south-eastern side of the airfield.
• Perth Airport handled 13,664,394 passengers last year.
• Perth Airport (PER) has 2 runways.
• Passenger numbers have trebled in the past 10 years with more than 12.6 million people travelling through the airport in 2012.

Facts about Graz Airport (GRZ):

• In addition to being known as "Graz Airport", another name for GRZ is "Flughafen Graz".
• After the end of the Second World War, however, Austria was forbidden to possess an aviation fleet, either military or civil.
• The construction of the airport began in 1913 with the construction of a grass runway and the first hangars.
• In early 21st century, the number of passengers exceeded the 750,000-mark and in 2004 is just below 900,000.
• The furthest airport from Graz Airport (GRZ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,820 miles (19,022 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Graz Airport (GRZ) is Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport (MBX), which is located 37 miles (60 kilometers) SSE of GRZ.
• Graz Airport (GRZ) has 3 runways.
• Graz Airport is also reachable via motorways A9 and A2.
• The airport is within walking distance of Flughafen Graz-Feldkirchen railway station, which lies on the Graz to Spielfeld-Straß line.