Nonstop flight route between Islip, New York, United States and Mahshahr, Iran:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP), Islip, New York, United States and Mahshahr Airport (MRX), Mahshahr, Iran would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,281 miles (or 10,108 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 Long Island MacArthur Airport and Mahshahr 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 Long Island MacArthur Airport and Mahshahr Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP):

• Suffolk Transit's S57 route serves the airport, connecting it with Sayville and the Smith Haven Mall, located in Lake Grove, New York.
• Long Island MacArthur Airport is owned and operated by the Town of Islip.
• Because of Long Island MacArthur Airport's relatively low elevation of 99 feet, planes can take off or land at Long Island MacArthur 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.
• Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP) has 4 runways.
• During 2007 the airport served more than 2.3 million commercial passengers.
• As of January 2014 Southwest Airlines has year-round non-stops to Baltimore, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Tampa, and West Palm Beach, and seasonal service to Fort Myers.
• The Suffolk County Police Aviation Section has a Law Enforcement and MEDEVAC helicopter based at MacArthur Airport.
• The furthest airport from Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,783 miles (18,963 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP) is Long Island MacArthur Airport (HAP), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of ISP.
• Following the September 11, 2001 attacks MacArthur Airport saw a 25 percent drop in passenger traffic but rebounded until 2006 when numbers began to drop again.

Facts about Mahshahr Airport (MRX):

• The closest airport to Mahshahr Airport (MRX) is Omidiyeh Air Base (OMI), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) NE of MRX.
• Because of Mahshahr Airport's relatively low elevation of 8 feet, planes can take off or land at Mahshahr 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 furthest airport from Mahshahr Airport (MRX) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 11,864 miles (19,093 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
• Mahshahr Airport (MRX) currently has only 1 runway.