Nonstop flight route between South Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands and Carnarvon, Western Australia, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between South Caicos Airport (XSC), South Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands and Carnarvon Airport (CVQ), Carnarvon, Western Australia, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 12,033 miles (or 19,365 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 South Caicos Airport and Carnarvon 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 South Caicos Airport and Carnarvon Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

The distance between XSC and CVQ makes them almost exactly antipodal (the exact opposite side of the world) to each other. Nonstop flights between South Caicos Airport and Carnarvon Airport would be very impractical for the airlines, because only a lightly loaded Boeing 777-200LR would be able to make the trip. Since airlines need to be able to take as many people and cargo as possible in order to make a profit, the odds of ever seeing a nonstop flight between XSC and CVQ are slim to none. However, you'll still be able to get from South Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands and Carnarvon, Western Australia, Australia by taking some connecting flights!

Did you know that one full circling of the Earth (measuring from the equator) is about 24,901.5 miles (or 40,075 kilometers), which means if you were 12,450 miles from any given point on the planet, the distance back to your starting point would be about the same -- in any direction! The same can be said for a nonstop flight between XSC and CVQ!

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Facts about South Caicos Airport (XSC):

• Because of South Caicos Airport's relatively low elevation of 6 feet, planes can take off or land at South Caicos 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 South Caicos Airport (XSC) is JAGS McCartney International Airport (GDT), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) E of XSC.
• The furthest airport from South Caicos Airport (XSC) is RAAF Learmonth (LEA), which is nearly antipodal to South Caicos Airport (meaning South Caicos Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAAF Learmonth), and is located 12,073 miles (19,430 kilometers) away in Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia.
• South Caicos Airport (XSC) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Carnarvon Airport (CVQ):

• Carnarvon Airport (CVQ) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Carnarvon Airport (CVQ) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 70 miles (113 kilometers) S of CVQ.
• Because of Carnarvon Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Carnarvon 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 Carnarvon Airport (CVQ) is JAGS McCartney International Airport (GDT), which is nearly antipodal to Carnarvon Airport (meaning Carnarvon Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from JAGS McCartney International Airport), and is located 12,050 miles (19,392 kilometers) away in Grand Turk Island, Turks and Caicos Islands.