Nonstop flight route between Bhairawa, Nepal and Melbourne, Victoria, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gautam Buddha Airport Bhairahawa Airport (BWA), Bhairawa, Nepal and Melbourne Airport (MEL), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,006 miles (or 9,666 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 Gautam Buddha Airport Bhairahawa Airport and Melbourne 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 Gautam Buddha Airport Bhairahawa Airport and Melbourne Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Gautam Buddha Airport Bhairahawa Airport (BWA):

• The furthest airport from Gautam Buddha Airport Bhairahawa Airport (BWA) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,649 miles (18,747 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• The airport resides at an elevation of 358 feet above mean sea level.
• Gautam Buddha Airport, also known as Bhairahawa Airport, is an airport serving Bhairahawa, a municipality of the Rupandehi district in the Lumbini zone in Nepal.
• Gautam Buddha Airport Bhairahawa Airport (BWA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Gautam Buddha Airport Bhairahawa Airport (BWA) is Chaurjhari Airport (HRJ), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) NE of BWA.
• Because of Gautam Buddha Airport Bhairahawa Airport's relatively low elevation of 358 feet, planes can take off or land at Gautam Buddha Airport Bhairahawa 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.

Facts about Melbourne Airport (MEL):

• Melbourne Airport (MEL) has 2 runways.
• In May 1959 it was announced that a new airport would be built at Tullamarine, with Prime Minister Robert Menzies announcing on 27 November 1962 a five-year plan to provide Melbourne with a A$45 million "jetport" by 1967.
• The Southern Freighter Apron has five dedicated freighter parking positions which host 21 dedicated freighter operations a week.
• The closest airport to Melbourne Airport (MEL) is Essendon Airport (MEB), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) SE of MEL.
• Opened with Melbourne Airport in 1970 for Trans Australia Airlines, the terminal passed to Qantas in 1992 when they acquired the airline.
• The furthest airport from Melbourne Airport (MEL) is Flores Airport (FLW), which is nearly antipodal to Melbourne Airport (meaning Melbourne Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Flores Airport), and is located 12,187 miles (19,613 kilometers) away in Flores Island, Azores, Portugal.
• Melbourne Airport handled 2,998,000 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Melbourne Airport", another name for MEL is "Tullamarine Airport".
• Because of Melbourne Airport's relatively low elevation of 434 feet, planes can take off or land at Melbourne 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.
• Since privatisation, further improvements to infrastructure have begun at the airport, including expansion of runways, car parks and terminals.