Nonstop flight route between Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and Chiapas, Mexico:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Melbourne Airport (MEL), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and San Cristóbal de las Casas National Airport (SZT), Chiapas, Mexico would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,689 miles (or 13,983 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 San Cristóbal de las Casas National 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 San Cristóbal de las Casas National 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):

• 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.
• On 1 July 1970, Melbourne Airport was opened to international operations by Prime Minister John Gorton, ending Essendon's near 2-decade run as Melbourne International Airport.
• Melbourne Airport handled 2,998,000 passengers last year.
• Melbourne Airport (MEL) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Melbourne Airport", another name for MEL is "Tullamarine Airport".
• Terminal 3 – opened with the airport as the Ansett Australia terminal, but is now owned by Melbourne Airport.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Melbourne Airport (MEL) is Essendon Airport (MEB), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) SE of MEL.

Facts about San Cristóbal de las Casas National Airport (SZT):

• The closest airport to San Cristóbal de las Casas National Airport (SZT) is Ángel Albino Corzo International Airport (TGZ), which is located 34 miles (54 kilometers) WSW of SZT.
• In addition to being known as "San Cristóbal de las Casas National Airport", another name for SZT is "Aeropuerto Nacional de San Cristóbal de las Casas".
• Because of San Cristóbal de las Casas National Airport's high elevation of 7,185 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SZT. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SZT a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from San Cristóbal de las Casas National Airport (SZT) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,738 miles (18,890 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• San Cristóbal de las Casas National Airport (SZT) currently has only 1 runway.