Nonstop flight route between Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Australia and Camooweal, Queensland, Australia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Rottnest Airport (RTS), Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Australia and Camooweal Airport (CML), Camooweal, Queensland, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,628 miles (or 2,620 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 relatively short distance between Rottnest Airport and Camooweal Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | RTS / YRTI |
Airport Name: | Rottnest Airport |
Location: | Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 32°0'24"S by 115°32'22"E |
Operator/Owner: | Rottnest Island Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 12 feet (4 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from RTS |
More Information: | RTS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CML / YCMW |
Airport Name: | Camooweal Airport |
Location: | Camooweal, Queensland, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 19°54'42"S by 138°7'30"E |
Operator/Owner: | Mount Isa City Council |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 780 feet (238 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CML |
More Information: | CML Maps & Info |
Facts about Rottnest Airport (RTS):
- Woods Airways VH-WAB, c.1953
- Rottnest Airport (RTS) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Rottnest Airport (RTS) is Jandakot Airport (JAD), which is located 21 miles (34 kilometers) ESE of RTS.
- Woods Airways which was run by pioneer aviator Jimmy Woods, operated the Perth to Rottnest service from about 1948 with two war-surplus Royal Australian Air Force Avro Anson aircraft.
- The furthest airport from Rottnest Airport (RTS) is L.F. Wade International Airport (BDA), which is nearly antipodal to Rottnest Airport (meaning Rottnest Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from L.F. Wade International Airport), and is located 12,409 miles (19,970 kilometers) away in Ferry Reach (near Hamilton), Bermuda.
- Because of Rottnest Airport's relatively low elevation of 12 feet, planes can take off or land at Rottnest 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.
- MacRobertson Miller Airlines took over services after Wood's Airways using both DC-3 and Fokker F27 Friendship, until the route became uneconomical.
Facts about Camooweal Airport (CML):
- The closest airport to Camooweal Airport (CML) is Mount Isa Airport (ISA), which is located 103 miles (165 kilometers) ESE of CML.
- Camooweal Airport (CML) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Camooweal Airport (CML) is Agostinho Neto Airport (NTO), which is located 11,322 miles (18,221 kilometers) away in Ponta do Sol, Santo Antão, Cape Verde.
- Because of Camooweal Airport's relatively low elevation of 780 feet, planes can take off or land at Camooweal 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.