Nonstop flight route between Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and Salta, Salta Province, Argentina:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Melbourne Airport (MEL), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport (SLA), Salta, Salta Province, Argentina would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,690 miles (or 12,376 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 Melbourne Airport and Martín Miguel de Güemes 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 Melbourne Airport and Martín Miguel de Güemes 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 Melbourne Airport (MEL):

• A$330 million expansion programme for Terminal 2 was announced in 2007.
• In addition to being known as "Melbourne Airport", another name for MEL is "Tullamarine Airport".
• The closest airport to Melbourne Airport (MEL) is Essendon Airport (MEB), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) SE of MEL.
• Because of Melbourne Airport's relatively low elevation of 434 feet, planes can take off or land at Melbourne 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 first major upgrades at the airport were carried out at the domestic terminals, with an expansion of the Ansett domestic terminal approved in 1989 and completed in 1991, adding a second pier added for use by smaller regional airlines.
• The furthest airport from Melbourne Airport (MEL) is Flores Airport (FLW), which is nearly antipodal to Melbourne Airport (meaning Melbourne Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Flores Airport), and is located 12,187 miles (19,613 kilometers) away in Flores Island, Azores, Portugal.
• An expansion of the terminal was approved in 1989 and completed in 1991 when a second pier was added by Ansett to the south for use by smaller regional airline Kendell.
• In 1959 the Commonwealth Government acquired 5,300 ha of grassland in then-rural Tullamarine.
• Melbourne Airport handled 2,998,000 passengers last year.
• Melbourne Airport (MEL) has 2 runways.

Facts about Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport (SLA):

• Because of Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport's high elevation of 4,075 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SLA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SLA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport (SLA) is Gobernador Horacio Guzmán Internacional Airport (JUJ), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) NE of SLA.
• In addition to being known as "Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport", another name for SLA is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Salta "Martín Miguel de Güemes"".
• Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport (SLA) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport (SLA) is Shaoguan Guitou Airport (HSC), which is nearly antipodal to Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport (meaning Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Shaoguan Guitou Airport), and is located 12,367 miles (19,903 kilometers) away in Shaoguan, Guangdong, China.