Nonstop flight route between Waterford, Ireland and Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Waterford Airport (WAT), Waterford, Ireland and Darwin International Airport (DRW), Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,838 miles (or 14,224 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 Waterford Airport and Darwin International 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 Waterford Airport and Darwin International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | WAT / EIWF |
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Location: | Waterford, Ireland |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°11'13"N by 7°5'12"W |
Area Served: | Waterford, Ireland |
Operator/Owner: | Waterford Regional Airport |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 119 feet (36 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from WAT |
More Information: | WAT Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DRW / YPDN |
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Location: | Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 12°24'52"S by 130°52'36"E |
Area Served: | Darwin, Northern Territory |
Operator/Owner: | Darwin International Airport Pty Ltd (DIA) / RAAF Darwin |
Airport Type: | Military/Public |
Elevation: | 103 feet (31 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from DRW |
More Information: | DRW Maps & Info |
Facts about Waterford Airport (WAT):
- The airport is on the R708 road which can be accessed from the R710 outer ring road in Waterford.
- The closest airport to Waterford Airport (WAT) is Kilkenny Airport (KKY), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) NNW of WAT.
- On 10 January 2008 Aer Arann announced the return of the summer routes to Bordeaux, Faro, Málaga with a new service to Amsterdam.
- Waterford Airport handled 8,000 passengers last year.
- On 14 March 2012, Aer Arann transferred all of its Waterford routes into the Aer Lingus Regional brand effective from 25 March 2012.
- In addition to being known as "Waterford Airport", another name for WAT is "Aerfort Phort Láirge".
- The nearest bus and coach station is 10km away in Waterford from where Bus Éireann provides services to Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Rosslare Europort, Wexford, Clonmel and Tramore.
- In February 2010 a Economic Impact Assessment of Waterford Airport was published and it highlighted the importance of Waterford Airport to the South East.
- Because of Waterford Airport's relatively low elevation of 119 feet, planes can take off or land at Waterford 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.
- Between 1987 and 1988 Aer Lingus operated services to Dublin.
- The airport opened in 1981 with a 1,200 by 29 m runway for single and twin-engine light aircraft and a portable cabin as terminal building.
- The furthest airport from Waterford Airport (WAT) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is nearly antipodal to Waterford Airport (meaning Waterford Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ryan's Creek Aerodrome), and is located 12,013 miles (19,333 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
Facts about Darwin International Airport (DRW):
- In addition to being known as "Darwin International Airport", another name for DRW is "RAAF Base Darwin".
- Australian low-cost carrier, Jetstar Airways, had expressed a keen interest in developing Darwin Airport as a hub for its trips to Asia.
- Because of Darwin International Airport's relatively low elevation of 103 feet, planes can take off or land at Darwin International 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 Darwin International Airport (DRW) is Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport (CAY), which is located 11,867 miles (19,099 kilometers) away in Cayenne, French Guiana.
- Darwin International Airport is the busiest airport serving the Northern Territory and the tenth busiest airport in Australia.
- Darwin International Airport handled 1,743,734 passengers last year.
- Darwin International Airport (DRW) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Darwin International Airport (DRW) is Bathurst Island Airport (BRT), which is located 48 miles (77 kilometers) NNW of DRW.
- In 2008 the Australian Infrastructure Fund, which holds 28.2% of Northern Territory Airports, announced that the airport would undergo a $60 million expansion to cater for growing passenger numbers.
- During the 2009–10 financial year there was a total of 1,569,007 passengers which consisted of 207,825 international passengers and 1,361,182 domestic passengers, up 2.0%.
- In 1945 the Department of Aviation made the existing Darwin military airfield available for civil aviation purpose.