Nonstop flight route between Skopje, Macedonia and Grovedale, Victoria, Australia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Skopje Airport (SKP), Skopje, Macedonia and Geelong Airport (GEX), Grovedale, Victoria, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,454 miles (or 15,215 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 Skopje Airport and Geelong 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 Skopje Airport and Geelong Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SKP / LWSK |
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Location: | Skopje, Macedonia |
GPS Coordinates: | 41°57'39"N by 21°37'36"E |
Area Served: | Skopje |
Operator/Owner: | TAV Airports |
Airport Type: | Public/Military |
Elevation: | 781 feet (238 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SKP |
More Information: | SKP Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GEX / YGLG |
Airport Name: | Geelong Airport |
Location: | Grovedale, Victoria, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 38°13'31"S by 144°19'59"E |
Area Served: | Geelong |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 140 feet (43 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from GEX |
More Information: | GEX Maps & Info |
Facts about Skopje Airport (SKP):
- Because of Skopje Airport's relatively low elevation of 781 feet, planes can take off or land at Skopje 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.
- Skopje Airport handled 98,440 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Skopje Airport", other names for SKP include "Аеродром Скопје" and "Aerodrom Skopje".
- In 2008 the Macedonian Government signed a contract with the Turkish company Tepe Akfen Ventures for a twenty-year long concession during which this company would manage Macedonia's two existing airports - the Skopje Alexander the Great Airport and the St.
- Skopje Airport (SKP) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Skopje Airport (SKP) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,514 miles (18,530 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- There is a new bus service linking the airport and the City.
- In December 2006 the government of the Republic of Macedonia announced plans to rename the airport after Alexander the Great, sparking a renewed diplomatic spat with Greece, because both countries consider Alexander the Great as part of their own heritage.
- The closest airport to Skopje Airport (SKP) is Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari" (PRN), which is located 52 miles (84 kilometers) NW of SKP.
Facts about Geelong Airport (GEX):
- The closest airport to Geelong Airport (GEX) is Avalon Airport (AVV), which is located only 16 miles (25 kilometers) NW of GEX.
- Because of Geelong Airport's relatively low elevation of 140 feet, planes can take off or land at Geelong 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 Geelong Airport (GEX) is Flores Airport (FLW), which is nearly antipodal to Geelong Airport (meaning Geelong Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Flores Airport), and is located 12,178 miles (19,599 kilometers) away in Flores Island, Azores, Portugal.