Nonstop flight route between Fillmore, Utah, United States and Tripoli, Libya:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Fillmore Municipal Airport (FIL), Fillmore, Utah, United States and Mitiga International Airport (MJI), Tripoli, Libya would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,373 miles (or 10,256 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 Fillmore Municipal Airport and Mitiga International 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 Fillmore Municipal Airport and Mitiga International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Fillmore Municipal Airport (FIL):

• The closest airport to Fillmore Municipal Airport (FIL) is Salina-Gunnison Airport (SBO), which is located 29 miles (46 kilometers) E of FIL.
• Fillmore Municipal Airport (FIL) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Fillmore Municipal Airport's high elevation of 4,985 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at FIL. Combined with a high temperature, this could make FIL a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• In addition to being known as "Fillmore Municipal Airport", another name for FIL is "FOM".
• The furthest airport from Fillmore Municipal Airport (FIL) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,086 miles (17,841 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.

Facts about Mitiga International Airport (MJI):

• The fourteen-hour 9,300-kilometre round trip to Libya required numerous in-air refuelings, because countries closer to Libya – Spain, Italy, France, and Greece – had refused American planes permission to fly over or from bases in their countries.
• The closest airport to Mitiga International Airport (MJI) is Tripoli International Airport (TIP), which is located only 18 miles (28 kilometers) SSW of MJI.
• On 21 August 2011, rebels launched an assault on Mitiga as part of a bid to battle loyalist forces in Tripoli, sustaining a number of casualties in the process
• Mitiga International Airport (MJI) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Mitiga International Airport", another name for MJI is "مطار امعيتيقة الدولي".
• The furthest airport from Mitiga International Airport (MJI) is Rarotonga International Airport (RAR), which is located 11,524 miles (18,546 kilometers) away in Avarua, Cook Islands.
• Because of Mitiga International Airport's relatively low elevation of 36 feet, planes can take off or land at Mitiga International 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.
• LPAF Soviet-made MiG-17/19/25 fighters and Tu-22 bombers were based at Okba Ben Nafi Air Base.