Nonstop flight route between Granville, France and Melbourne, Victoria, Australia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Granville Airport (GFR), Granville, France and Essendon Airport (MEB), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,414 miles (or 16,759 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 Granville Airport and Essendon 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 Granville Airport and Essendon Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GFR / LFRF |
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Location: | Granville, France |
GPS Coordinates: | 43°25'22"N by 73°16'5"W |
Area Served: | Granville, New York |
Airport Type: | Public use |
Elevation: | 420 feet (128 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GFR |
More Information: | GFR Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MEB / YMEN |
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Location: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 37°43'41"S by 144°54'6"E |
Area Served: | Melbourne |
Operator/Owner: | Zavanti Holdings Pty. Ltd. |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 282 feet (86 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from MEB |
More Information: | MEB Maps & Info |
Facts about Granville Airport (GFR):
- The furthest airport from Granville Airport (GFR) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,642 miles (18,735 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to Granville Airport (GFR) is Rutland – Southern Vermont Regional Airport (RUT), which is located only 18 miles (28 kilometers) ENE of GFR.
- In addition to being known as "Granville Airport", another name for GFR is "B01".
- Because of Granville Airport's relatively low elevation of 420 feet, planes can take off or land at Granville 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.
- Granville Airport (GFR) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Essendon Airport (MEB):
- In addition to being known as "Essendon Airport", another name for MEB is "Melbourne/Essendon".
- In November 2007 Essendon Airport released its latest master plan.
- Essendon Airport (MEB) has 2 runways.
- On 31 January 1945, a heavily-modified Stinson Model A registered VH-UYY and named Tokana, operated by Australian National Airways, departed from Essendon Airport for the daily flight to Kerang.
- International flights departed mainly from Sydney during Essendon's years of operation, and there were regular daily flights between the two largest metropolitan areas in Australia.
- The 1920s period saw the great pioneering aviation flights of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith who visited the airport on several occasions.
- The area of the airport was originally known as St Johns, after an early landowner.
- A variety of aircraft were used through Essendon in the 1960s - Lockheed L-188 Electras.
- Because of Essendon Airport's relatively low elevation of 282 feet, planes can take off or land at Essendon 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 Essendon Airport (MEB) is Melbourne Airport (MEL), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NW of MEB.
- The furthest airport from Essendon Airport (MEB) is Flores Airport (FLW), which is nearly antipodal to Essendon Airport (meaning Essendon Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Flores Airport), and is located 12,192 miles (19,620 kilometers) away in Flores Island, Azores, Portugal.