Nonstop flight route between Tiree, Scotland, United Kingdom and Lae, Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tiree Airport (TRE), Tiree, Scotland, United Kingdom and Lae Nadzab Airport (LAE), Lae, Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,700 miles (or 14,001 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 Tiree Airport and Lae Nadzab 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 Tiree Airport and Lae Nadzab Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Tiree Airport (TRE):

• The furthest airport from Tiree Airport (TRE) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,740 miles (18,894 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• Because of Tiree Airport's relatively low elevation of 38 feet, planes can take off or land at Tiree 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.
• Tiree Airport (TRE) has 3 runways.
• The closest airport to Tiree Airport (TRE) is Coll Island Airport (COL), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) NE of TRE.
• Tiree Airport is located 2.5 nautical miles north northeast of Balemartine on the island of Tiree in the Inner Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland.

Facts about Lae Nadzab Airport (LAE):

• The airfield in Lae was operating at the same time as Nadzab but business was significantly lost to the new airport complex became fully operational in 1977.
• In about 1910 the Gabmatsung/Gabmazung Lutheran mission station was established at Nadzab.
• Between April 1943 and July 1943, the Allied Geographical Section of South West Pacific Area conducted reconnaissance after the Japanese invasion.
• Lae Nadzab Airport is a regional airport located at Nadzab 42 kilometres outside of Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea along the Highlands Highway.
• The furthest airport from Lae Nadzab Airport (LAE) is Governador Carlos Wilson Airport (FEN), which is located 11,714 miles (18,852 kilometers) away in Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil.
• The closest airport to Lae Nadzab Airport (LAE) is Bulolo Airport (BUL), which is located 45 miles (72 kilometers) S of LAE.
• Two parallel runways were built, running roughly east to west.
• Because of Lae Nadzab Airport's relatively low elevation of 239 feet, planes can take off or land at Lae Nadzab 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.
• Lae Nadzab Airport (LAE) currently has only 1 runway.