Nonstop flight route between Avalon, Victoria, Australia and Quincy, Illinois, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Avalon Airport (AVV), Avalon, Victoria, Australia and Quincy Regional Airport (UIN), Quincy, Illinois, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,509 miles (or 15,304 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 Quincy Regional 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 Quincy Regional 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 closest airport to Avalon Airport (AVV) is Geelong Airport (GEX), which is located only 16 miles (25 kilometers) SE of AVV.
• In addition to being known as "Avalon Airport", another name for AVV is "Melbourne/Avalon".
• Avalon Airport (AVV) currently has only 1 runway.
• Since the introduction of Jetstar in 2004, the Avalon Airport terminal facilities have been expanded from the original size of 732 square metres to nearly 5,600 square metres.
• 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.
• In the beginning, the airport was a sheep and cattle farm and homestead, founded by James Austin, an immigrant from Glastonbury, Scotland.
• 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 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.
• International Operations

Facts about Quincy Regional Airport (UIN):

• The furthest airport from Quincy Regional Airport (UIN) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,933 miles (17,594 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Quincy Regional Airport (UIN) has 3 runways.
• Because of Quincy Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 769 feet, planes can take off or land at Quincy Regional 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.
• In addition to being known as "Quincy Regional Airport", another name for UIN is "Baldwin Field".
• The airport covers 1,101 acres at an elevation of 769 feet.
• Quincy Regional Airport is a city-owned public airport 12 miles east of Quincy, a city in Adams County, Illinois.
• The closest airport to Quincy Regional Airport (UIN) is Keokuk Municipal Airport (EOK), which is located 38 miles (61 kilometers) NNW of UIN.
• On November 19, 1996, United Express Flight 5925 from Chicago and Burlington crashed on landing at Quincy.