Nonstop flight route between A Coruña, Spain and Melbourne, Victoria, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between A Coruña Airport (LCG), A Coruña, Spain and Essendon Airport (MEB), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,988 miles (or 17,684 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 A Coruña Airport and Essendon 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 A Coruña Airport and Essendon Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about A Coruña Airport (LCG):

• A Coruña Airport (LCG) currently has only 1 runway.
• The first airport was built on the Alvedro meseta in the municipality of Culleredo.
• Because of A Coruña Airport's relatively low elevation of 328 feet, planes can take off or land at A Coruña 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 A Coruña Airport (LCG) is Santiago de Compostela Airport (SCQ), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) S of LCG.
• During 1964, Aviaco operated a Vigo-A Coruña-Santander-San Sebastián-Barcelona line served by Convair 440s.
• The furthest airport from A Coruña Airport (LCG) is Ashburton Aerodrome (ASG), which is nearly antipodal to A Coruña Airport (meaning A Coruña Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ashburton Aerodrome), and is located 12,394 miles (19,947 kilometers) away in Ashburton, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "A Coruña Airport", another name for LCG is "Aeroporto da Coruña-Alvedro".

Facts about Essendon Airport (MEB):

• In 2007, the airport was re-designed under a new master plan, as part of the Essendon Fields development.
• The closest airport to Essendon Airport (MEB) is Melbourne Airport (MEL), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NW of MEB.
• Essendon Airport (MEB) has 2 runways.
• Because of Essendon Airport's relatively low elevation of 282 feet, planes can take off or land at Essendon 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.
• Essendon became Australia's second, and Melbourne's first international airport in February 1950.
• In addition to being known as "Essendon Airport", another name for MEB is "Melbourne/Essendon".
• The furthest airport from Essendon Airport (MEB) is Flores Airport (FLW), which is nearly antipodal to Essendon Airport (meaning Essendon Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Flores Airport), and is located 12,192 miles (19,620 kilometers) away in Flores Island, Azores, Portugal.
• In 1959 Cabinet approved the acquisition of 2,167 ha in Tullamarine for the purpose of a new international airport, which began construction in the 1960s and was ready to handle aircraft by 1967, but not passenger flights.