Nonstop flight route between Avalon, Victoria, Australia and Fortuna, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Avalon Airport (AVV), Avalon, Victoria, Australia and Rohnerville Airport (FOT), Fortuna, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,927 miles (or 12,758 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 Avalon Airport and Rohnerville 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 Avalon Airport and Rohnerville Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Avalon Airport (AVV):

• Avalon Airport is the second busiest of the four airports serving Melbourne and is located in Avalon, Victoria, Australia, 50 km to the south-west of the state capital Melbourne and 15 km north-east of the city of Geelong.
• In 1985 the Government Aircraft Factories changed its name to Aerospace Technologies of Australia.
• The Airport is a single runway, curfew free airport with a helipad.
• In addition to being known as "Avalon Airport", another name for AVV is "Melbourne/Avalon".
• In 2010, Tiger Airways signed a deal with the airport to set up its main hub and base from Avalon Airport and in 2011 celebrated its 250,000 passenger.
• The current terminal facility is approximately 4,500 square metres in area and houses four gates capable of servicing aircraft up to and including the size of the Airbus A321.
• Avalon Airport (AVV) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Avalon Airport (AVV) is Flores Airport (FLW), which is nearly antipodal to Avalon Airport (meaning Avalon Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Flores Airport), and is located 12,165 miles (19,578 kilometers) away in Flores Island, Azores, Portugal.
• Because of Avalon Airport's relatively low elevation of 115 feet, planes can take off or land at Avalon 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 Avalon Airport (AVV) is Geelong Airport (GEX), which is located only 16 miles (25 kilometers) SE of AVV.

Facts about Rohnerville Airport (FOT):

• Rohnerville Airport is a public airport located 3 miles southeast of Fortuna in Humboldt County, California.
• Rohnerville Airport covers an area of 541 acres which contains one asphalt paved runway measuring 4,005 by 100 feet.
• Because of Rohnerville Airport's relatively low elevation of 392 feet, planes can take off or land at Rohnerville 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.
• Rohnerville Airport (FOT) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Rohnerville Airport (FOT) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,248 miles (18,102 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• The closest airport to Rohnerville Airport (FOT) is Murray Field (EKA), which is located only 17 miles (28 kilometers) N of FOT.