Nonstop flight route between Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Australia and Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Rottnest Airport (RTS), Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Australia and General Enrique Mosconi International Airport (CRD), Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,059 miles (or 11,360 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 Rottnest Airport and General Enrique Mosconi 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 Rottnest Airport and General Enrique Mosconi International 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 Rottnest Airport (RTS):

• Rottnest Airport (RTS) currently has only 1 runway.
• Rottnest Airlines operated the service until 1999 when it was taken over by Frank Stynman who operates a four and six-seater daily service from Jandakot called Rottnest Air-Taxi.
• 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.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Rottnest Airport (RTS) is Jandakot Airport (JAD), which is located 21 miles (34 kilometers) ESE of RTS.
• At one stage, the 32 km Perth to Rottnest flight was the world's shortest scheduled air route.

Facts about General Enrique Mosconi International Airport (CRD):

• The closest airport to General Enrique Mosconi International Airport (CRD) is Puerto Deseado Airport (PUD), which is located 154 miles (247 kilometers) SSE of CRD.
• Because of General Enrique Mosconi International Airport's relatively low elevation of 190 feet, planes can take off or land at General Enrique Mosconi 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 furthest airport from General Enrique Mosconi International Airport (CRD) is Erenhot Saiwusu International Airport (ERL), which is nearly antipodal to General Enrique Mosconi International Airport (meaning General Enrique Mosconi International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Erenhot Saiwusu International Airport), and is located 12,272 miles (19,751 kilometers) away in Erenhot, Inner Mongolia, China.
• Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 has been operating the airport since the early 2000s.
• General Enrique Mosconi International Airport (CRD) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "General Enrique Mosconi International Airport", another name for CRD is "Aeropuerto de Comodoro Rivadavia "Gral. Enrique Mosconi"".