Nonstop flight route between Gladstone, Queensland, Australia and Manhattan, Kansas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gladstone Airport (GLT), Gladstone, Queensland, Australia and Manhattan Regional Airport (MHK), Manhattan, Kansas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,394 miles (or 13,509 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 Gladstone Airport and Manhattan Regional 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 Gladstone Airport and Manhattan Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Gladstone Airport (GLT):

• The furthest airport from Gladstone Airport (GLT) is Agostinho Neto Airport (NTO), which is located 11,918 miles (19,180 kilometers) away in Ponta do Sol, Santo Antão, Cape Verde.
• Gladstone Airport is an airport serving Gladstone, a city in the Australian state of Queensland.
• Because of Gladstone Airport's relatively low elevation of 59 feet, planes can take off or land at Gladstone 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.
• Buses operate between the town centre and the airport, but are only operational from Monday to Friday between 6am and 6pm.
• Gladstone Airport (GLT) currently has only 1 runway.
• The main supplier of scheduled passenger air services is QantasLink, a subsidiary of Qantas, with most services non-stop to, or from Brisbane Airport.
• The closest airport to Gladstone Airport (GLT) is Rockhampton Airport (ROK), which is located 58 miles (94 kilometers) NW of GLT.

Facts about Manhattan Regional Airport (MHK):

• Traffic at the airport has multiplied in recent years.
• For several years in the mid-1980s Air Midwest was an Eastern Air Lines affiliate and flew 30-passenger Saab 340As in Eastern paint to Kansas City.
• The airport is owned by the city of Manhattan, Kansas, and is five miles southwest of town.
• During the 1970s Capital Air, operating as an air taxi service, suffered two crashes, each with fatalities.
• On June 13, 1939, construction of Manhattan’s airport began with the planting of temporary grass runways.
• An older 4,100-square-foot terminal building built in 1958 is now home to General Aviation Training & Testing Service.
• Manhattan Regional Airport (MHK) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Manhattan Regional Airport (MHK) is Marshall Army AirfieldMarshall Air Force Base (FRI), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) SW of MHK.
• The furthest airport from Manhattan Regional Airport (MHK) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,646 miles (17,133 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.