Nonstop flight route between Avalon, Victoria, Australia and Paramaribo, Suriname:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Avalon Airport (AVV), Avalon, Victoria, Australia and Zorg en Hoop Airport (ORG), Paramaribo, Suriname would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,900 miles (or 15,933 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 Zorg en Hoop 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 Zorg en Hoop 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):

• The Airport is a single runway, curfew free airport with a helipad.
• In the beginning, the airport was a sheep and cattle farm and homestead, founded by James Austin, an immigrant from Glastonbury, Scotland.
• Training of pilots from Japan's All Nippon Airways commenced at the airport on 8 September 1993.
• The first scheduled passenger flights out of the airport were operated by Hazelton Airlines, who commenced flights between Avalon Airport and Sydney in February 1995.
• Avalon Airport (AVV) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Avalon Airport", another name for AVV is "Melbourne/Avalon".
• The airport was opened in 1953, to cater for the production of military aircraft.
• In 2013, Virgin Airways announced its take-over bid to purchase a 60% share of the ailing airline, which was approved by the ACCC after a protracted investigation to ensure that airlines and domestic airfares remained competitive to the general public.
• The closest airport to Avalon Airport (AVV) is Geelong Airport (GEX), which is located only 16 miles (25 kilometers) SE of AVV.
• 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.
• On 1 June 2004 Jetstar started operations from the airport.
• In 1985 the Government Aircraft Factories changed its name to Aerospace Technologies of Australia.
• 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 most notable freight operations include the Melbourne Formula 1 Grand Prix, V8 Supercars and Superbikes, plus some specialist charters including livestock race horses, fresh produce, military hardware, touring rock bands.
• The airport's location between Melbourne and Geelong makes it both a capital city airport and an regional airport, servicing a large regional catchment in western Victoria and providing connections to tourism destinations such as the Great Ocean Road. Since Linfox Group’s purchase of the airport in 1997, Avalon Airport’s aviation operations have grown significantly as it has established itself as a second gateway to the Melbourne and Geelong regions.
• In 1997, the Australian Commonwealth government through the Department of Defence, granted Linfox a 50 year plus a 49 year option lease of the airport.

Facts about Zorg en Hoop Airport (ORG):

• Departed from this airport in the 1980s, at the time of the civil war, appliances, which sowed death and destruction in Brunswick-minded villages and settlements.
• Zorg en Hoop Airport (ORG) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Zorg en Hoop Airport (ORG) is Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (PBM), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) S of ORG.
• Because of Zorg en Hoop Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Zorg en Hoop 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 furthest airport from Zorg en Hoop Airport (ORG) is Betoambari Airport (BUW), which is nearly antipodal to Zorg en Hoop Airport (meaning Zorg en Hoop Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Betoambari Airport), and is located 12,281 miles (19,764 kilometers) away in Bau-Bau, Buton, Indonesia.