Nonstop flight route between Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and Maceió, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Essendon Airport (MEB), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and Maceió/Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport (MCZ), Maceió, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,172 miles (or 14,761 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 Essendon Airport and Maceió/Zumbi dos Palmares 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 Essendon Airport and Maceió/Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Essendon Airport (MEB):

• 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.
• 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.
• In November 2007 Essendon Airport released its latest master plan.
• In 2001, the Commonwealth Government sold its management rights for the airport to Edgelear Pty.
• In addition to being known as "Essendon Airport", another name for MEB is "Melbourne/Essendon".
• A variety of aircraft were used through Essendon in the 1960s - Lockheed L-188 Electras.
• The area of the airport was originally known as St Johns, after an early landowner.
• The major passenger airlines using Essendon in the postwar years until scheduled air services were transferred to Tullamarine were Ansett Airlines and Trans Australia Airlines.
• Essendon Airport (MEB) has 2 runways.
• 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.
• In 1959 Cabinet approved the acquisition of 2,167 ha in Tullamarine for the purpose of a new international airport, which began construction in the 1960s and was ready to handle aircraft by 1967, but not passenger flights.

Facts about Maceió/Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport (MCZ):

• Because of Maceió/Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport's relatively low elevation of 347 feet, planes can take off or land at Maceió/Zumbi dos Palmares International 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 Maceió/Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport (MCZ) is Guam International Airport (GUM), which is nearly antipodal to Maceió/Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport (meaning Maceió/Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Guam International Airport), and is located 12,160 miles (19,569 kilometers) away in Hagåtña, Guam.
• The closest airport to Maceió/Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport (MCZ) is Recife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International Airport (REC), which is located 113 miles (181 kilometers) NNE of MCZ.
• Maceió/Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport (MCZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• Maceió/Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport handled 1,943,437 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Maceió/Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport", another name for MCZ is "Aeroporto Internacional Maceió/Zumbi dos Palmares".
• The airport complex underwent major works in 2005, in which the passenger terminal and apron were renovated and the runway was extended.