Nonstop flight route between Zielona Góra, Poland and Mackay, Queensland, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport (IEG), Zielona Góra, Poland and Mackay Airport (MKY), Mackay, Queensland, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,169 miles (or 14,756 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 Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport and Mackay 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 Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport and Mackay Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport (IEG):

• Because of Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport's relatively low elevation of 194 feet, planes can take off or land at Zielona Góra-Babimost 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.
• Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport (IEG) currently has only 1 runway.
• The idea of attracting international traffic, in the form of cargo flights, for the region of western Wielkopolska and Lubusz Land has resulted in a signed agreement between the local government and the management, but nothing concrete came of that yet.
• The furthest airport from Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport (IEG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,631 miles (18,718 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport (IEG) is Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport (POZ), which is located 48 miles (77 kilometers) ENE of IEG.
• After the army left the airport in 2004, the property was rented to the regional authorities in 2005, so that the airport new owner could start developing the airport.
• Land connections to Poznań use the newly opened motorway northeast of the airport terminal), as well as the newly renovated railway line from the airport).
• Recently this has changed, and since the end of 2005, two daily flights to Warsaw were operated by Jet Air for LOT, later reduced to one.
• Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport handled 12,276 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport", another name for IEG is "Port Lotniczy Zielona Góra-Babimost".

Facts about Mackay Airport (MKY):

• In 1941, the Commonwealth Government took control of the airport from the Mackay City Council, and built a new passenger terminal in 1953.
• Mackay Airport located in Mackay, Queensland, Australia is a major Australian regional airport that services the city of Mackay, with flights to the cities of Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Gladstone, Rockhampton, Townsville and Cairns.
• In November 2008, Mackay Airport was sold to a private consortium to fund the development of Mackay Hospital.
• Mackay Airport handled 1,049,172 passengers last year.
• Because of Mackay Airport's relatively low elevation of 19 feet, planes can take off or land at Mackay 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 closest airport to Mackay Airport (MKY) is Great Barrier Reef Airport (HTI), which is located 58 miles (94 kilometers) NNW of MKY.
• The furthest airport from Mackay Airport (MKY) is Agostinho Neto Airport (NTO), which is located 11,973 miles (19,269 kilometers) away in Ponta do Sol, Santo Antão, Cape Verde.
• Despite the collapse of airlines Ansett Australia and Flight West Airlines in 2001, Mackay Airport has experienced considerable growth in recent years, due to the use of the airport by Virgin Australia and the expansion of QantasLink services, and handles over 620,000 passengers through the terminal per annum but that has slowed and the airport is up for sale.
• Mackay Airport (MKY) has 2 runways.