Nonstop flight route between Avalon, Victoria, Australia and Quincy, Illinois, United States:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from AVV to UIN:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- AVV Airport Information
- UIN Airport Information
- Facts about AVV
- Facts about UIN
- Map of Nearest Airports to AVV
- List of Nearest Airports to AVV
- Map of Furthest Airports from AVV
- List of Furthest Airports from AVV
- Map of Nearest Airports to UIN
- List of Nearest Airports to UIN
- Map of Furthest Airports from UIN
- List of Furthest Airports from UIN
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Avalon Airport (AVV), Avalon, Victoria, Australia and Quincy Regional Airport (UIN), Quincy, Illinois, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,509 miles (or 15,304 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 Avalon Airport and Quincy 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 Avalon Airport and Quincy 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: | AVV / YMAV |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Avalon, Victoria, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 38°2'20"S by 144°10'8"E |
Area Served: | Melbourne, Geelong |
Operator/Owner: | Department of Defence |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 115 feet (35 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from AVV |
More Information: | AVV Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | UIN / KUIN |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Quincy, Illinois, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°56'34"N by 91°11'40"W |
Area Served: | Quincy, Illinois |
Operator/Owner: | City of Quincy |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 769 feet (234 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from UIN |
More Information: | UIN Maps & Info |
Facts about Avalon Airport (AVV):
- In 2010, Tiger Airways signed a deal with the airport to set up its main hub and base from Avalon Airport and in 2011 celebrated its 250,000 passenger.
- Unlike Melbourne Airport, which is governed by the Commonwealth Airports Act, Avalon Airport falls under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defence, and is privately leased by Linfox Group.
- In June 2011, Tiger announced it would be withdrawing several flights from the airport to Tullamarine Airport to make the airline operations more profitable.
- Currently the airport alone hosts Jetstar Airways, who offer five flights per day to Sydney and Brisbane, using the Airbus A320.
- Avalon Airport is the second busiest of the four airports serving Melbourne and is located in Avalon, Victoria, Australia, 50 km to the south-west of the state capital Melbourne and 15 km north-east of the city of Geelong.
- The furthest airport from Avalon Airport (AVV) is Flores Airport (FLW), which is nearly antipodal to Avalon Airport (meaning Avalon Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Flores Airport), and is located 12,165 miles (19,578 kilometers) away in Flores Island, Azores, Portugal.
- In 2013, Virgin Airways announced its take-over bid to purchase a 60% share of the ailing airline, which was approved by the ACCC after a protracted investigation to ensure that airlines and domestic airfares remained competitive to the general public.
- Avalon Airport (AVV) currently has only 1 runway.
- The Airport is a single runway, curfew free airport with a helipad.
- The closest airport to Avalon Airport (AVV) is Geelong Airport (GEX), which is located only 16 miles (25 kilometers) SE of AVV.
- A 10,000 ft runway was built by Country Roads Board, with the first plane landing on 3 April 1953 – a four-engined Avro Lincoln heavy bomber flown from Fishermans Bend.
- In October 1988, the ASTA Aircraft Services division took the first Boeing 747 to Avalon for servicing and maintenance.
- In addition to being known as "Avalon Airport", another name for AVV is "Melbourne/Avalon".
- Because of Avalon Airport's relatively low elevation of 115 feet, planes can take off or land at Avalon 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.
- On 1 June 2004 Jetstar started operations from the airport.
Facts about Quincy Regional Airport (UIN):
- In addition to being known as "Quincy Regional Airport", another name for UIN is "Baldwin Field".
- The closest airport to Quincy Regional Airport (UIN) is Keokuk Municipal Airport (EOK), which is located 38 miles (61 kilometers) NNW of UIN.
- Quincy Regional Airport (UIN) has 3 runways.
- Because of Quincy Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 769 feet, planes can take off or land at Quincy Regional 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 Quincy Regional Airport (UIN) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,933 miles (17,594 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.