Nonstop flight route between Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States and Forlì, Emilia-Romagna, Italy:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK), Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States and Forlì Airport (FRL), Forlì, Emilia-Romagna, Italy would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,991 miles (or 6,423 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 Nantucket Memorial Airport and Forlì 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 Nantucket Memorial Airport and Forlì Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK):

• Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK) has 3 runways.
• Up through the 1990s, a variety of other carriers served the airport, some of which used jet airliners as large as McDonnell Douglas DC-9s.
• Because of Nantucket Memorial Airport's relatively low elevation of 48 feet, planes can take off or land at Nantucket Memorial 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 Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK) is Marthas Vineyard Airport (MVY), which is located 30 miles (49 kilometers) WNW of ACK.
• In 2009, the terminal was updated with an upgrade of the previous 12,000 square feet and an expansion of 18,000 square feet at a cost of approximately $29 million.
• The furthest airport from Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,858 miles (19,083 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In the late 1930s, a man named Holm began allowing the Town of Nantucket to use fields on his property as an airfield.

Facts about Forlì Airport (FRL):

• Forlì Airport (FRL) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport resides at an elevation of 94 feet above mean sea level.
• Forlì Airport, also known as Luigi Ridolfi Airport, is an airport serving Forlì, a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy.
• The closest airport to Forlì Airport (FRL) is Federico Fellini International Airport (RMI), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) ESE of FRL.
• In addition to being known as "Forlì Airport", another name for FRL is "Aeroporto di Forlì - "L. Ridolfi"".
• http://www.forli24ore.it/news/forli/0035079-aeroporto-e-ufficiale-un-acquirente-ce
• Forli Airport was used by Wiz Jet, and also Wind Jet who moved to the nearby Rimini Airport on 27 March 2011.
• Forlì Airport handled 261,939 passengers last year.
• http://www.forli24ore.it/news/forli/0035084-aeroporto-alessandro-rondoni-guarda-alle-prossime-infrastrutture
• The furthest airport from Forlì Airport (FRL) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Forlì Airport (meaning Forlì Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,012 miles (19,332 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Forli Airport is also the home of three major aviation universities and training facilities, serving ENAV, ENAC, and aircraft certification and maintenance advance training.
• Because of Forlì Airport's relatively low elevation of 94 feet, planes can take off or land at Forlì 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.