Nonstop flight route between Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia and Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from ROK to VLE:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- ROK Airport Information
- VLE Airport Information
- Facts about ROK
- Facts about VLE
- Map of Nearest Airports to ROK
- List of Nearest Airports to ROK
- Map of Furthest Airports from ROK
- List of Furthest Airports from ROK
- Map of Nearest Airports to VLE
- List of Nearest Airports to VLE
- Map of Furthest Airports from VLE
- List of Furthest Airports from VLE
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Rockhampton Airport (ROK), Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia and Valle Airport (VLE), Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,538 miles (or 12,131 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 Valle 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 Valle 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: | VLE / |
| Airport Names: |
|
| Location: | Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 35°38'58"N by 112°8'30"W |
| Area Served: | Valle, Arizona |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 5999 feet (1,828 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from VLE |
| More Information: | VLE Maps & Info |
Facts about Rockhampton Airport (ROK):
- The closest airport to Rockhampton Airport (ROK) is Gladstone Airport (GLT), which is located 58 miles (94 kilometers) SE of ROK.
- In 2008, Rockhampton Airport completed an A$8.4 million terminal redevelopment.
- 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.
- Efforts to locate a permanent aerodrome site in the city had been proceeding for a number of years in the 1920s.
- Rockhampton Airport (ROK) has 2 runways.
- Rockhampton Airport handled 701,062 passengers last year.
- 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.
Facts about Valle Airport (VLE):
- Valle Airport (VLE) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Valle Airport (VLE) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,305 miles (18,194 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The closest airport to Valle Airport (VLE) is Grand Canyon National Park Airport (GCN), which is located 21 miles (34 kilometers) N of VLE.
- Because of Valle Airport's high elevation of 5,999 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at VLE. Combined with a high temperature, this could make VLE a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Valle Airport covers an area of 330 acres at an elevation of 5,999 feet above mean sea level.
- In addition to being known as "Valle Airport", another name for VLE is "40G".
