Nonstop flight route between Moorabbin, Victoria, Australia and Trenton, Ontario, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Moorabbin Harry Hawker Airport (MBW), Moorabbin, Victoria, Australia and Canadian Forces Base Trenton (YTR), Trenton, Ontario, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,201 miles (or 16,417 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 Moorabbin Harry Hawker Airport and Canadian Forces Base Trenton, 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 Moorabbin Harry Hawker Airport and Canadian Forces Base Trenton. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Moorabbin Harry Hawker Airport (MBW):

• The furthest airport from Moorabbin Harry Hawker Airport (MBW) is Flores Airport (FLW), which is nearly antipodal to Moorabbin Harry Hawker Airport (meaning Moorabbin Harry Hawker Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Flores Airport), and is located 12,209 miles (19,649 kilometers) away in Flores Island, Azores, Portugal.
• In addition to being known as "Moorabbin Harry Hawker Airport", other names for MBW include "Harry Hawker Airport" and "Melbourne/Moorabbin Airport".
• Moorabbin Airport was renamed to Moorabbin Airport on 22 January 1989.
• Moorabbin Harry Hawker Airport handled 9,766 passengers last year.
• Because of Moorabbin Harry Hawker Airport's relatively low elevation of 50 feet, planes can take off or land at Moorabbin Harry Hawker 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.
• Moorabbin Harry Hawker Airport (MBW) has 5 runways.
• In 2006 Moorabbin Airport was named "Australian Regional Airport of the Year"
• The closest airport to Moorabbin Harry Hawker Airport (MBW) is Essendon Airport (MEB), which is located 20 miles (33 kilometers) NNW of MBW.
• "At last the man they believe to be the finest Australian pioneering aviator in history will be acknowledge"

Facts about Canadian Forces Base Trenton (YTR):

• Canadian Forces Base Trenton (YTR) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Canadian Forces Base Trenton", another name for YTR is "Trenton Airport".
• The recapitalization of the northeast ramp was completed in summer 2008, and reconstruction of the southeast ramp was completed in the summer of 2009.
• The closest airport to Canadian Forces Base Trenton (YTR) is Peterborough Airport (YPQ), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) W of YTR.
• The furthest airport from Canadian Forces Base Trenton (YTR) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,462 miles (18,446 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• A new Material Distribution Centre opened on November 2, 2010.
• The RCAF operates the majority of its fixed-wing tactical airlift and all of its strategic airlift aircraft from CFB Trenton.
• RCAF Station Trenton was renamed Canadian Forces Base Trenton after the February 1, 1968 merger of the RCAF with the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Army to form the Canadian Forces.
• The Canadian Army also operates the Canadian Army Advanced Warfare Centre, formerly known as the Canadian Parachute Centre.
• Because of Canadian Forces Base Trenton's relatively low elevation of 283 feet, planes can take off or land at Canadian Forces Base Trenton 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.
• Canada upgraded its transport and search and rescue fleets during the 1960s when the RCAF purchased the CC-137 Husky, CC-130 Hercules, CH-113 Labrador and CC-115 Buffalo aircraft.
• The construction of a new northwest ramp and associated taxiway infrastructure, consisting of approximately 82,500 m2 of concrete and 47,400 m2 of asphalt surface began in 2009.