Nonstop flight route between New York City, New York, United States and Milikapiti, Melville Island, Northern Territory, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between West 30th Street Heliport (JRA), New York City, New York, United States and Snake Bay Airport (SNB), Milikapiti, Melville Island, Northern Territory, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,916 miles (or 15,959 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 West 30th Street Heliport and Snake Bay 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 West 30th Street Heliport and Snake Bay Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about West 30th Street Heliport (JRA):

• The West 30th Street Heliport is a heliport on the west side of Manhattan in New York City.
• The closest airport to West 30th Street Heliport (JRA) is East 34th Street Heliport (TSS), which is located only 2 miles (3 kilometers) ESE of JRA.
• The furthest airport from West 30th Street Heliport (JRA) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,750 miles (18,910 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of West 30th Street Heliport's relatively low elevation of 7 feet, planes can take off or land at West 30th Street Heliport 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.
• Tourist flights out of the 30th Street Heliport are scheduled to move to Downtown Manhattan Heliport on March 31, 2010 and the heliport itself is scheduled to relocate by on December 31, 2012 as a result of a court agreement between helicopter operators and Friends of Hudson River Park who took action to enforce the Hudson River Park Act which banned tourism flights from that location.

Facts about Snake Bay Airport (SNB):

• The furthest airport from Snake Bay Airport (SNB) is Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport (CAY), which is located 11,936 miles (19,209 kilometers) away in Cayenne, French Guiana.
• Construction was started on 7 July 1944, by No.
• Because of Snake Bay Airport's relatively low elevation of 173 feet, planes can take off or land at Snake Bay 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.
• Snake Bay Airport (SNB) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Snake Bay Airport (SNB) is Garden Point Airport (GPN), which is located only 16 miles (25 kilometers) W of SNB.
• The airfield was never fully utilized as the proposed amphibious operations were canceled and replaced with the New Guinea campaign.