Nonstop flight route between Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia and Chiang Rai, Thailand:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Belmont Airport (BEO), Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia and Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI), Chiang Rai, Thailand would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,007 miles (or 8,057 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 Belmont Airport and Chiang Rai 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 Belmont Airport and Chiang Rai 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: | BEO / YPEC |
Airport Name: | Belmont Airport |
Location: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°4'0"S by 151°38'53"E |
Area Served: | City of Lake Macquarie |
Operator/Owner: | Mirvac Group |
Airport Type: | Private |
Elevation: | 5 feet (2 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BEO |
More Information: | BEO Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CEI / VTCT |
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Location: | Chiang Rai, Thailand |
GPS Coordinates: | 19°57'7"N by 99°52'58"E |
Operator/Owner: | Airports of Thailand |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1280 feet (390 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CEI |
More Information: | CEI Maps & Info |
Facts about Belmont Airport (BEO):
- Belmont Airport (BEO) currently has only 1 runway.
- Lake Macquarie City Council has expressed an interest in maintaining the site for aviation uses.
- In 2013, a consortium represented by Newcastle Helicopters and Red Bull Air Race pilot Matt Hall were reported as being close to closing a deal with Mirvac to purchase the airport, however backed out of negotiations before the deal could be finalised.
- Because of Belmont Airport's relatively low elevation of 5 feet, planes can take off or land at Belmont 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 Belmont Airport (BEO) is Newcastle Airport (NTL), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) NNE of BEO.
- Under current guidelines, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority has classified Belmont as an Aircraft Landing Area as due to land constraints the site infrastructure does not meet the dimensions required to operate as a registered airport, placing some restriction on future uses for commercial passenger flights.
- Despite this, there have been attempts to restore the airport as an aviation facility since the withdrawal of Aeropelican, particularly since the closure and redevelopment of Cooranbong Airport, another privately owned airfield located to the west of Lake Macquarie.
- The furthest airport from Belmont Airport (BEO) is Santa Maria Airport (SMA), which is nearly antipodal to Belmont Airport (meaning Belmont Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Santa Maria Airport), and is located 12,112 miles (19,493 kilometers) away in Santa Maria, Portugal.
Facts about Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI):
- In addition to being known as "Chiang Rai International Airport", another name for CEI is "ท่าอากาศยานแม่ฟ้าหลวง เชียงราย".
- The closest airport to Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI) is Tachilek Airport (THL), which is located 37 miles (59 kilometers) N of CEI.
- The airport is located about 10 km from the city centre.
- The airport handles over 800,000 passengers, 5,800 aircraft movements and 3,700 tons of cargo.
- The airport's IATA code is CEI and economical flights are made several times daily to Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi which is a regional hub airport with daily flights to every major city in the world.
- The furthest airport from Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI) is Maria Reiche Neuman Airport (NZC), which is located 11,947 miles (19,227 kilometers) away in Nazca, Ica Region, Peru.
- Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI) currently has only 1 runway.
- Chiang Rai International Airport handled 1,053,863 passengers last year.