Nonstop flight route between Smithton, Tasmania, Australia and Plovdiv, Bulgaria:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Smithton Airport (SIO), Smithton, Tasmania, Australia and Plovdiv Airport (PDV), Plovdiv, Bulgaria would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,405 miles (or 15,136 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 Smithton Airport and Plovdiv 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 Smithton Airport and Plovdiv Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SIO / YSMI |
Airport Name: | Smithton Airport |
Location: | Smithton, Tasmania, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°50'6"S by 145°4'59"E |
Operator/Owner: | DIER |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 31 feet (9 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from SIO |
More Information: | SIO Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PDV / LBPD |
Airport Names: |
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Location: | Plovdiv, Bulgaria |
GPS Coordinates: | 42°4'4"N by 24°51'52"E |
Area Served: | Plovdiv |
Operator/Owner: | Letishte Plovdiv EAD |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 597 feet (182 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from PDV |
More Information: | PDV Maps & Info |
Facts about Smithton Airport (SIO):
- Because of Smithton Airport's relatively low elevation of 31 feet, planes can take off or land at Smithton 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 Smithton Airport (SIO) is Corvo Airport (CVU), which is nearly antipodal to Smithton Airport (meaning Smithton Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Corvo Airport), and is located 12,221 miles (19,667 kilometers) away in Corvo Island, Azores, Portugal.
- Smithton Airport (SIO) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Smithton Airport (SIO) is Burnie Airport (BWT), which is located 36 miles (57 kilometers) ESE of SIO.
Facts about Plovdiv Airport (PDV):
- On 25 December 2009 the first service to a scheduled destination, Moscow, started.
- Plovdiv Airport handled 8,752 passengers last year.
- During these first years at the new location on the north-west perimeter of the airport, the airport serves scheduled domestic passenger flights to Bourgas, Varna, Targovishte, Rousse, Sofia and Gorna Oryahovitsa, with mainly IL-14 aircraft.
- The furthest airport from Plovdiv Airport (PDV) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,355 miles (18,273 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- In addition to being known as "Plovdiv Airport", other names for PDV include "Krumovo Airport" and "Летище Пловдив".
- Plovdiv Airport (PDV) currently has only 1 runway.
- The new passenger terminal building was officially opened on 1 July 2009.
- The closest airport to Plovdiv Airport (PDV) is Haskovo Malevo Airport (HKV), which is located 38 miles (61 kilometers) E of PDV.
- Next to the airbase is the only functional aviation museum in Bulgaria.
- Because of Plovdiv Airport's relatively low elevation of 597 feet, planes can take off or land at Plovdiv 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.