Nonstop flight route between Newman, Western Australia, Australia and Groton, Connecticut, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Newman Airport (ZNE), Newman, Western Australia, Australia and Groton-New London Airport (GON), Groton, Connecticut, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 11,022 miles (or 17,739 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 Newman Airport and Groton-New London 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 Newman Airport and Groton-New London Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Newman Airport (ZNE):

• The closest airport to Newman Airport (ZNE) is Barimunya Airport (BYP), which is located 65 miles (105 kilometers) NW of ZNE.
• Newman Airport handled 221,104 passengers last year.
• Newman Airport (ZNE) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Newman Airport (ZNE) is Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport (AXA), which is nearly antipodal to Newman Airport (meaning Newman Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport), and is located 12,032 miles (19,364 kilometers) away in The Valley, Anguilla.
• Newman Airport is an airport near Newman, Western Australia.
• Drag races were held on the airport runway annually.
• The airport is owned and maintained by the Shire of East Pilbara.
• The new terminal building will provide improved services such as conveyors in a new undercover baggage collection area, and a larger waiting room.
• The new tarmac will be able to support Boeing 737-800 aircraft as well as the current Boeing 717 aircraft making a total capacity of four aircraft.

Facts about Groton-New London Airport (GON):

• Because of Groton-New London Airport's relatively low elevation of 9 feet, planes can take off or land at Groton-New London 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.
• In 1980, the name of the airport changed to Groton-New London Airport.
• Groton-New London Airport (GON) has 2 runways.
• Over the years, and usually no more than one at a time, various domestic airlines served the airport, including Pan Am Clipper Connection, NewAir, Allegheny, Piedmont, and Pilgrim Airlines.
• In March 1944, station personnel consisted of 87 officers and 678 enlisted men with barracks for 114 officers and 1,091 men.
• The furthest airport from Groton-New London Airport (GON) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,794 miles (18,980 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The airport has not had scheduled service since 2004.
• The closest airport to Groton-New London Airport (GON) is Elizabeth Field (FID), which is located only 5 miles (9 kilometers) S of GON.
• Groton-New London Airport covers an area of 489 acres at an elevation of 9 feet above mean sea level.