Nonstop flight route between Wrangell, Alaska, United States and Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Wrangell Airport (WRG), Wrangell, Alaska, United States and RAAF Learmonth (LEA), Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,382 miles (or 13,489 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 Wrangell Airport and RAAF Learmonth, 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 Wrangell Airport and RAAF Learmonth. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Wrangell Airport (WRG):

• Wrangell Airport (WRG) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Wrangell Airport (WRG) is Port Alfred Airport (AFD), which is located 10,572 miles (17,015 kilometers) away in Port Alfred, South Africa.
• As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 10,601 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 10,790 enplanements in 2009, and 10,882 in 2010.
• The closest airport to Wrangell Airport (WRG) is Petersburg James A. Johnson Airport (PSG), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) NW of WRG.
• Because of Wrangell Airport's relatively low elevation of 49 feet, planes can take off or land at Wrangell 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 RAAF Learmonth (LEA):

• On 7 October 2008, Qantas Flight 72 made an emergency landing at RAAF Learmonth.
• Because of RAAF Learmonth's relatively low elevation of 19 feet, planes can take off or land at RAAF Learmonth 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.
• RAAF Learmonth, also known as Learmonth Airport, is a joint use Royal Australian Air Force base and civil airport.
• The furthest airport from RAAF Learmonth (LEA) is Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport (SIG), which is nearly antipodal to RAAF Learmonth (meaning RAAF Learmonth is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport), and is located 12,175 miles (19,594 kilometers) away in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
• In addition to being known as "RAAF Learmonth", another name for LEA is "Learmonth Airport".
• The closest airport to RAAF Learmonth (LEA) is Barrow Island Airport (BWB), which is located 127 miles (204 kilometers) NE of LEA.
• In the mid-1960s, the Federal Government gave its support to plans by the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Val Hancock, to redevelop Learmonth as a 'bare base', due to its proximity to Indonesia.
• During World War II a little-known landing field was constructed on the western shore of Exmouth Gulf.
• RAAF Learmonth handled 90,861 passengers last year.
• RAAF Learmonth (LEA) currently has only 1 runway.