Nonstop flight route between Sukkur, Pakistan and Bankstown (near Sydney), New South Wales, Australia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Sukkur Airport (SKZ), Sukkur, Pakistan and Bankstown Airport (BWU), Bankstown (near Sydney), New South Wales, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,854 miles (or 11,031 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 Sukkur Airport and Bankstown 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 Sukkur Airport and Bankstown Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SKZ / OPSK |
Airport Name: | Sukkur Airport |
Location: | Sukkur, Pakistan |
GPS Coordinates: | 27°43'18"N by 68°47'30"E |
Operator/Owner: | Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 196 feet (60 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SKZ |
More Information: | SKZ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BWU / YSBK |
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Location: | Bankstown (near Sydney), New South Wales, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°55'29"S by 150°59'17"E |
Operator/Owner: | Bankstown Airport Ltd. |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 34 feet (10 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from BWU |
More Information: | BWU Maps & Info |
Facts about Sukkur Airport (SKZ):
- The closest airport to Sukkur Airport (SKZ) is Kadanwari Airport (KCF), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) SSE of SKZ.
- Sukkur Airport (SKZ) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Sukkur Airport (SKZ) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Sukkur Airport (meaning Sukkur Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,321 miles (19,828 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- Because of Sukkur Airport's relatively low elevation of 196 feet, planes can take off or land at Sukkur 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.
Facts about Bankstown Airport (BWU):
- The closest airport to Bankstown Airport (BWU) is Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (SYD), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) E of BWU.
- Runway 11C/29C has three stage, medium intensity edge lights and a Precision Approach Path Indicator or.
- When General MacArthur arrived in Australia, during World War II, Bankstown Airport was used by the United States Army Air Forces, and was established as a key strategic air base to support the war effort in 1942.
- Because of Bankstown Airport's relatively low elevation of 34 feet, planes can take off or land at Bankstown 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.
- In addition to being known as "Bankstown Airport", another name for BWU is "Sydney/Bankstown Airport".
- The airport offers a range of aviation and non-aviation settings with large hangars to accommodate grand scale indoor filming.
- The furthest airport from Bankstown Airport (BWU) is Santa Maria Airport (SMA), which is nearly antipodal to Bankstown Airport (meaning Bankstown Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Santa Maria Airport), and is located 12,135 miles (19,529 kilometers) away in Santa Maria, Portugal.
- During the war, several "dummy houses" were built to make Bankstown Airport and its surrounds appear as a farm, hangars were disguised as houses with fake roads to further confuse the enemy.
- Bankstown Airport (BWU) has 3 runways.