Nonstop flight route between Kingscote, South Australia, Australia and Telluride, Colorado, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kingscote Airport (KGC), Kingscote, South Australia, Australia and Telluride Regional Airport (TEX), Telluride, Colorado, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,892 miles (or 14,311 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 Kingscote Airport and Telluride 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 Kingscote Airport and Telluride Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KGC / YKSC |
Airport Name: | Kingscote Airport |
Location: | Kingscote, South Australia, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°42'50"S by 137°31'18"E |
Area Served: | Kangaroo Island |
Operator/Owner: | Kangaroo Island Council |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 24 feet (7 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from KGC |
More Information: | KGC Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TEX / KTEX |
Airport Name: | Telluride Regional Airport |
Location: | Telluride, Colorado, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 37°57'14"N by 107°54'30"W |
Area Served: | Telluride, Colorado |
Operator/Owner: | Telluride Regional Airport Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 9070 feet (2,765 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from TEX |
More Information: | TEX Maps & Info |
Facts about Kingscote Airport (KGC):
- Kingscote Airport (KGC) has 3 runways.
- The closest airport to Kingscote Airport (KGC) is Adelaide Airport (ADL), which is located 78 miles (125 kilometers) NE of KGC.
- Guinea Airways operated the first commercial service to Kangaroo Island, commencing in the 1930s.
- Kingscote Airport handled 51,021 passengers last year.
- Kingscote Airport was ranked 60th in Australia for the number of revenue passengers served in financial year 2010-2011.
- The furthest airport from Kingscote Airport (KGC) is Flores Airport (FLW), which is located 11,764 miles (18,933 kilometers) away in Flores Island, Azores, Portugal.
- Because of Kingscote Airport's relatively low elevation of 24 feet, planes can take off or land at Kingscote 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 Telluride Regional Airport (TEX):
- The furthest airport from Telluride Regional Airport (TEX) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,075 miles (17,823 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The closest airport to Telluride Regional Airport (TEX) is Montrose Regional Airport (MTJ), which is located 38 miles (62 kilometers) N of TEX.
- Telluride Regional Airport (TEX) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Telluride Regional Airport's high elevation of 9,070 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at TEX. Combined with a high temperature, this could make TEX a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- In the 1990s the airport had winter nonstop passenger flights to Los Angeles and Phoenix.