Nonstop flight route between Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia and Amritsar, India:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Rockhampton Airport (ROK), Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia and Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International AirportAmritsar International Airport (ATQ), Amritsar, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,279 miles (or 10,106 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 Rockhampton Airport and Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International AirportAmritsar 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 Rockhampton Airport and Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International AirportAmritsar International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ROK / YBRK |
Airport Name: | Rockhampton Airport |
Location: | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 23°22'54"S by 150°28'29"E |
Area Served: | Rockhampton, Queensland |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 36 feet (11 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from ROK |
More Information: | ROK Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ATQ / VIAR |
Airport Name: | Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International AirportAmritsar International Airport |
Location: | Amritsar, India |
GPS Coordinates: | 31°42'28"N by 74°47'57"E |
Area Served: | Punjab, India |
Operator/Owner: | Airports Authority of India |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 756 feet (230 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ATQ |
More Information: | ATQ Maps & Info |
Facts about Rockhampton Airport (ROK):
- In 1929, the lease to a former racecourse, Connor Park, was acquired by a number of aspiring aviators, and they set about making it suitable for aircraft.
- During World War II, facilities at the airport were substantially upgraded.
- The Rockhampton Airport was named the 2007 Australian Major Airport of the Year at the prestigious National Awards in recognition of Excellence in Australian Aviation, in Melbourne on 13 November 2007.
- The furthest airport from Rockhampton Airport (ROK) is Agostinho Neto Airport (NTO), which is located 11,922 miles (19,187 kilometers) away in Ponta do Sol, Santo Antão, Cape Verde.
- Rockhampton Airport (ROK) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Rockhampton Airport (ROK) is Gladstone Airport (GLT), which is located 58 miles (94 kilometers) SE of ROK.
- Rockhampton Airport handled 701,062 passengers last year.
- Because of Rockhampton Airport's relatively low elevation of 36 feet, planes can take off or land at Rockhampton 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.
Facts about Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International AirportAmritsar International Airport (ATQ):
- The furthest airport from Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International AirportAmritsar International Airport (ATQ) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International AirportAmritsar International Airport (meaning Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International AirportAmritsar International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,033 miles (19,365 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- The closest airport to Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International AirportAmritsar International Airport (ATQ) is Allama Iqbal International Airport (LHE), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) WSW of ATQ.
- Sri Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport named after Guru Ram Das, the fourth Sikh Guru and the founder of Amritsar city, is an international airport about 11 kilometres northwest of the city of Amritsar, India.
- Because of Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International AirportAmritsar International Airport's relatively low elevation of 756 feet, planes can take off or land at Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International AirportAmritsar 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.
- The arrivals section of the old terminal was inaugurated in September 2005, and the departures section was made operational in March 2006.
- The system has reduced the visibility requirement for an aircraft landing at Amritsar Airport from the existing 650 metres to 350 metres benefiting airlines in terms of increased safety and avoiding diversions to other airports resulting in better operational and environmental efficiency.
- The airport currently handles about 100 commercial flights a week including both international and domestic.
- Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International AirportAmritsar International Airport (ATQ) currently has only 1 runway.