Nonstop flight route between Mascot (near Sydney), Australia and Rice Lake, Wisconsin, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (SYD), Mascot (near Sydney), Australia and Rice Lake Regional Airport (RIE), Rice Lake, Wisconsin, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,085 miles (or 14,621 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 Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport and Rice Lake Regional 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 Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport and Rice Lake Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (SYD):

• The furthest airport from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (SYD) is Santa Maria Airport (SMA), which is nearly antipodal to Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (meaning Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Santa Maria Airport), and is located 12,144 miles (19,543 kilometers) away in Santa Maria, Portugal.
• Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (SYD) has 3 runways.
• Because of Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport's relatively low elevation of 21 feet, planes can take off or land at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) 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 the curfew, Sydney Airport also has a cap of 80 aircraft movements per hour which cannot be exceeded, leading to increased delays during peak hours.
• In addition to being known as "Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport", another name for SYD is "Kingsford-Smith Airport".
• In 1921 the federal government purchased 161 acres in Mascot for the purpose of creating a public airfield.
• The closest airport to Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (SYD) is Bankstown Airport (BWU), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) W of SYD.
• The limitations of having only two runways that crossed each other had become apparent and governments grappled with Sydney's airport capacity for decades.
• Sydney Airport has three passenger terminals.
• The Darwin – Sydney route includes data from May 2012, prior data was not released.
• Terminal 3 is a domestic terminal, serving Qantas with QantasLink flights having moved their operations from Terminal 2 to Terminal 3 on 16 August 2013 Originally, it was home for Trans Australia Airlines.

Facts about Rice Lake Regional Airport (RIE):

• The closest airport to Rice Lake Regional Airport (RIE) is Amery Municipal Airport (AHH), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) WSW of RIE.
• Rice Lake Regional Airport (RIE) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Rice Lake Regional Airport (RIE) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,813 miles (17,402 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Rice Lake Air Center is the fixed base operator.
• Rice Lake Regional Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located five nautical miles southwest of the central business district of Rice Lake, a city in Barron County, Wisconsin, United States.
• In addition to being known as "Rice Lake Regional Airport", other names for RIE include "Carl's Field" and "RPD".
• Rice Lake Regional Airport covers an area of 750 acres at an elevation of 1,109 feet above mean sea level.