Nonstop flight route between Staunton / Waynesboro / Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States and Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport (SHD), Staunton / Waynesboro / Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States and Newcastle Airport (NTL), Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,595 miles (or 15,441 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 Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport and Newcastle 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 Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport and Newcastle Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SHD / KSHD |
| Airport Name: | Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport |
| Location: | Staunton / Waynesboro / Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 38°15'50"N by 78°53'47"W |
| Area Served: | Staunton, Waynesboro, Harrisonburg |
| Operator/Owner: | Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport Comm. |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1201 feet (366 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from SHD |
| More Information: | SHD Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | NTL / YWLM |
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| Location: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 32°47'42"S by 151°50'3"E |
| Area Served: | Lower Hunter Region |
| Operator/Owner: | Newcastle City Council Port Stephens Council |
| Airport Type: | Military/Public |
| Elevation: | 31 feet (9 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from NTL |
| More Information: | NTL Maps & Info |
Facts about Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport (SHD):
- The closest airport to Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport (SHD) is Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport (CHO), which is located 26 miles (41 kilometers) ESE of SHD.
- The furthest airport from Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport (SHD) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,601 miles (18,670 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport (SHD) currently has only 1 runway.
- In June 2013, Shenandoah Regional Airport received criticism when an inmate of the Virginia Department of Corrections escaped from a work program based there.
Facts about Newcastle Airport (NTL):
- Because of Newcastle Airport's relatively low elevation of 31 feet, planes can take off or land at Newcastle 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.
- Newcastle Airport (NTL) currently has only 1 runway.
- Flight JQ371, the inaugural flight of Jetstar Airways departed Newcastle for Melbourne on 24 May 2004.
- Impulse Airlines, a regional airline and later one of Australia's first low cost airlines, established a base at the airport in the early 1990s, creating a maintenance facility.
- Newcastle Airport handled 1,211,302 passengers last year.
- $8.25 million was spent on upgrades to the terminal facilities completed in November 2005 to cope with future demand and security requirements.
- In addition to being known as "Newcastle Airport", other names for NTL include "RAAF Base Williamtown" and "Williamtown Airport".
- In July 2012, developer GWH Group announced that it had lodged a development application with the Port Stephens Council to construct a $12 million hotel complex on airport land adjacent to the current long term car park.
- The furthest airport from Newcastle Airport (NTL) is Santa Maria Airport (SMA), which is nearly antipodal to Newcastle Airport (meaning Newcastle Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Santa Maria Airport), and is located 12,102 miles (19,476 kilometers) away in Santa Maria, Portugal.
- The closest airport to Newcastle Airport (NTL) is Maitland Airport (MTL), which is located 21 miles (34 kilometers) WNW of NTL.
- On 2 October 1994, a Rockwell Commander 690B operating for Seaview Air with flight number CD111 departed Newcastle Airport for Lord Howe Island.
- Runway 12/30 has an available landing distance of 2,438 m with an asphalt surface.
- In 1997, BAE Systems was awarded the contract for assembly and ongoing system support for the Hawk 127 Lead in Fighters for the Royal Australian Air Force.
- The airport is jointly owned by Newcastle City Council and Port Stephens Council, and managed by Newcastle Airport Limited.
