Nonstop flight route between Grootfontein, Namibia and Mytilene, Lesbos Island, Greece:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Grootfontein Airport (GFY), Grootfontein, Namibia and Mytilene International Airport (MJT), Mytilene, Lesbos Island, Greece would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,090 miles (or 6,582 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 Grootfontein Airport and Mytilene 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 Grootfontein Airport and Mytilene International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GFY / FYGF |
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Location: | Grootfontein, Namibia |
GPS Coordinates: | 19°36'6"S by 18°7'20"E |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4636 feet (1,413 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from GFY |
More Information: | GFY Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MJT / LGMT |
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Location: | Mytilene, Lesbos Island, Greece |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°3'24"N by 26°35'53"E |
Elevation: | 60 feet (18 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MJT |
More Information: | MJT Maps & Info |
Facts about Grootfontein Airport (GFY):
- Because of Grootfontein Airport's high elevation of 4,636 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at GFY. Combined with a high temperature, this could make GFY a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Grootfontein Airport (GFY) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Grootfontein Airport (GFY) is Halali Airport (HAL), which is located 115 miles (186 kilometers) WNW of GFY.
- In addition to being known as "Grootfontein Airport", another name for GFY is "Grootfontein Airport".
- The furthest airport from Grootfontein Airport (GFY) is PMRF Barking Sands (BKH), which is nearly antipodal to Grootfontein Airport (meaning Grootfontein Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from PMRF Barking Sands), and is located 12,222 miles (19,669 kilometers) away in Kekaha, Hawaii, United States.
Facts about Mytilene International Airport (MJT):
- Mytilene International Airport (MJT) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Mytilene International Airport (MJT) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,282 miles (18,156 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
- The closest airport to Mytilene International Airport (MJT) is Balıkesir Koca Seyit Airport (Balıkesir Koca Seyit Airport) (EDO), which is located 41 miles (66 kilometers) NNE of MJT.
- In addition to being known as "Mytilene International Airport", other names for MJT include "Odysseas Elytis" and "Διεθνής Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Μυτιλήνης Οδυσσέας Ελύτης"".
- Because of Mytilene International Airport's relatively low elevation of 60 feet, planes can take off or land at Mytilene 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.