Nonstop flight route between Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom and Mizan Teferi, Ethiopia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Aberdeen International Airport (ABZ), Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom and Mizan Teferi Airport (MTF), Mizan Teferi, Ethiopia would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,020 miles (or 6,470 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 Aberdeen International Airport and Mizan Teferi 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 Aberdeen International Airport and Mizan Teferi Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Aberdeen International Airport (ABZ):

• In addition to being known as "Aberdeen International Airport", other names for ABZ include "Aberdeen/Dyce Airport" and "Port-adhair Obar Dheathain".
• The airport was nationalized in 1947 and was transferred to the control of the British Airports Authority in 1975.
• Aberdeen International Airport handled 3,440,765 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Aberdeen International Airport (ABZ) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,616 miles (18,694 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• General aviation flight training for private pilots licenses takes place from the East Side of the airport and located in the ground Handling agents premises.
• The closest airport to Aberdeen International Airport (ABZ) is RAF Lossiemouth (LMO), which is located 55 miles (88 kilometers) NW of ABZ.
• On 17 August 1943, a Mosquito crashed following a stall in the circuit, crashing onto 5 John Street in Dyce village.
• Aberdeen International Airport (ABZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Aberdeen International Airport's relatively low elevation of 215 feet, planes can take off or land at Aberdeen 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.
• BAA predicts passenger numbers at Aberdeen will rise to 5.9 million by 2030, and says the expansion will create more than 1,200 jobs at the airport and many more across Scotland.
• Aberdeen Airport is a base for BMI Regional and Eastern Airways.

Facts about Mizan Teferi Airport (MTF):

• The closest airport to Mizan Teferi Airport (MTF) is Gore Airport (GOR), which is located 83 miles (133 kilometers) N of MTF.
• Because of Mizan Teferi Airport's high elevation of 4,396 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at MTF. Combined with a high temperature, this could make MTF a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from Mizan Teferi Airport (MTF) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is nearly antipodal to Mizan Teferi Airport (meaning Mizan Teferi Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Atuona Airport), and is located 12,017 miles (19,339 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.