Nonstop flight route between Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia and Mehamn, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Alice Springs Airport (ASP), Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia and Mehamn Airport (MEH), Mehamn, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,129 miles (or 13,082 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 Alice Springs Airport and Mehamn 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 Alice Springs Airport and Mehamn Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Alice Springs Airport (ASP):

• The closest airport to Alice Springs Airport (ASP) is Cowra Airport (CWT), which is located 44 miles (71 kilometers) E of ASP.
• Former airlines to fly to and from Alice Springs Airport include Ansett and Virgin Australia
• The airport has two runways, the largest of which can accommodate a Boeing 747 or 777 landing.
• Alice Springs Airport handled 598,749 passengers last year.
• On 5 October 1921 the first aircraft landed at the original airport located in the Alice Springs township.
• Tragedy struck the airport again on 5 January 1977, when a former employee of Connair, Colin Richard Forman, flew a stolen aircraft into the Connair offices located at the airport, killing himself and three of the airline's employees.
• Alice Springs Airport (ASP) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Alice Springs Airport (ASP) is Barbuda Codrington Airport (BBQ), which is located 11,336 miles (18,243 kilometers) away in Codrington, Barbuda, Antigua and Barbuda.
• On 1 April 1989 the Federal Airports Corporation assumed control of the airport.

Facts about Mehamn Airport (MEH):

• The furthest airport from Mehamn Airport (MEH) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,384 miles (16,711 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Mehamn Airport's relatively low elevation of 39 feet, planes can take off or land at Mehamn 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.
• Widerøe operated Twin Otters on the route until 1995, when the Dash 8 was introduced.
• Mehamn Airport (MEH) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Mehamn Airport (MEH) is Berlevåg Airport (BVG), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) ESE of MEH.
• In addition to being known as "Mehamn Airport", another name for MEH is "Mehamn lufthavn".
• Mehamn Airport handled 16,810 passengers last year.