Nonstop flight route between Shellharbour, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia and Dabolim, Goa, India:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Illawarra Regional Airport (WOL), Shellharbour, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia and Goa International Airport (GOI), Dabolim, Goa, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,105 miles (or 9,824 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 Illawarra Regional Airport and Goa 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 Illawarra Regional Airport and Goa International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Illawarra Regional Airport (WOL):

• There is no control tower located at the airport and pilots must co-ordinate arrivals and departures using a Common Traffic Advisory Frequency, aided by an Aerodrome Frequency Response Unit, which notifies pilots that their transmissions have been received on the frequency and activates lighting systems as appropriate.
• Because of Illawarra Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 31 feet, planes can take off or land at Illawarra Regional 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 closest airport to Illawarra Regional Airport (WOL) is Camden Aerodrome (CDU), which is located 36 miles (59 kilometers) N of WOL.
• As early as the 1920s, aviators had used fields in the Albion Park area for joy flights and demonstrations.
• Illawarra Regional Airport (WOL) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Illawarra Regional Airport", another name for WOL is "Wollongong Airport".
• The furthest airport from Illawarra Regional Airport (WOL) is Horta International Airport (HOR), which is nearly antipodal to Illawarra Regional Airport (meaning Illawarra Regional Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Horta International Airport), and is located 12,162 miles (19,573 kilometers) away in Horta, Azores, Portugal.

Facts about Goa International Airport (GOI):

• The existing terminal buildings would be totally shut down for all air operations after the commissioning of the new terminal.
• Because of Goa International Airport's relatively low elevation of 184 feet, planes can take off or land at Goa 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 closest airport to Goa International Airport (GOI) is Belgaum Airport (IXG), which is located 62 miles (100 kilometers) ENE of GOI.
• Of the 30–40 flights daily, there is a very large concentration of civilian traffic in the period between 1:00 pm and 6:00 pm during weekdays, with the balance in the early morning hours.
• In addition to being known as "Goa International Airport", another name for GOI is "Dabolim AirportAeroporto de Dabolim".
• By 2005, total passengers had increased to 987,700.
• Meanwhile the local base commander of the Indian Navy has urged the Goa government to expedite the Mopa Airport project unambiguously drawing a line on the availability of any more land for civilian purposes.
• The earliest international tourists to Goa may have been the flower children of the 1960s.
• Goa International Airport (GOI) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Goa International Airport (GOI) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,596 miles (18,662 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.