Nonstop flight route between Fletcher, North Carolina, United States and Mykolaiv, Ukraine:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Asheville Regional Airport (AVL), Fletcher, North Carolina, United States and International Airport Mykolaiv (Nikolaev Airport) (NLV), Mykolaiv, Ukraine would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,443 miles (or 8,760 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 Asheville Regional Airport and International Airport Mykolaiv (Nikolaev 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 Asheville Regional Airport and International Airport Mykolaiv (Nikolaev Airport). You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Asheville Regional Airport (AVL):

• On July 19, 1967 Piedmont Airlines Flight 22, a Boeing 727, collided in mid-air with a Cessna 310 just south of the airport in Hendersonville, North Carolina.
• Asheville Regional Airport is a Class C airport near Interstate 40 and Interstate 26 near the town of Fletcher, 9 miles south of Asheville, in the U.S.
• The furthest airport from Asheville Regional Airport (AVL) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,430 miles (18,395 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• A Concorde visited AVL during a 1987 promotional tour and was snowed-in overnight.
• In April 2010 President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama landed in Asheville aboard Air Force One for a weekend getaway.
• Asheville Regional Airport (AVL) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Asheville Regional Airport (AVL) is Greenville–Spartanburg International Airport (GSP), which is located 42 miles (67 kilometers) SSE of AVL.
• On May 4, 2007 a 1977 Cessna 182 en route to Asheville Regional Airport crashed near the airport, killing three Georgia men.

Facts about International Airport Mykolaiv (Nikolaev Airport) (NLV):

• In addition to being known as "International Airport Mykolaiv (Nikolaev Airport)", other names for NLV include "Міжнародний аэропорт «Миколаїв»Международный аэропорт «Николаев»" and "Mizhnаrodnyi аеroport Mykolaiv".
• Mykolaiv International Airport, also known as Nikolaev Airport is an airport in Mykolaiv, in the Mykolaiv Oblast of Ukraine.
• International Airport Mykolaiv (Nikolaev Airport) (NLV) has 2 runways.
• In April 2007, Mykolaiv Oblast Council decided to joint-stockicize the airport, with the goal of subsequent privatization.
• The closest airport to International Airport Mykolaiv (Nikolaev Airport) (NLV) is Kherson International Airport (KHE), which is located 38 miles (62 kilometers) SE of NLV.
• The furthest airport from International Airport Mykolaiv (Nikolaev Airport) (NLV) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,051 miles (17,784 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of International Airport Mykolaiv (Nikolaev Airport)'s relatively low elevation of 184 feet, planes can take off or land at International Airport Mykolaiv (Nikolaev 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.