Nonstop flight route between Marcoola, Queensland, Australia and Algiers, Algeria:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sunshine-Coast-Airport (MCY), Marcoola, Queensland, Australia and Houari Boumediene Airport (ALG), Algiers, Algeria would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,543 miles (or 16,967 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 Sunshine-Coast-Airport and Houari Boumediene 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 Sunshine-Coast-Airport and Houari Boumediene Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Sunshine-Coast-Airport (MCY):

• Sunshine Coast Airport is an Australian airport serving Sunshine Coast, Queensland.
• As of April 2014, the only scheduled domestic routes are to southern state capitals, Sydney and Melbourne, Australia.
• Sunshine-Coast-Airport (MCY) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Sunshine-Coast-Airport (MCY) is La Palma Airport (SPC), which is located 11,859 miles (19,086 kilometers) away in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain.
• The airport has a range of transport options to and from the airport.
• Because of Sunshine-Coast-Airport's relatively low elevation of 15 feet, planes can take off or land at Sunshine-Coast-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 Queensland Government granted a parcel of land to the Maroochy Shire Council in 1958 for use as a general aviation airstrip.
• The closest airport to Sunshine-Coast-Airport (MCY) is Caloundra Airport (CUD), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) S of MCY.
• For shuttle transfers to Noosa and northern suburbs, Henrys Airport Shuttle offers a similar door-to-door service as well as Quicksilver Limousines operate a door to door service to all suburbs and further afield.

Facts about Houari Boumediene Airport (ALG):

• Buses link the airport to downtown Algiers.
• In addition to being known as "Houari Boumediene Airport", other names for ALG include "مطار هواري بومدين الدولي" and "Aéroport d'Alger Houari Boumediene".
• Houari Boumediene Airport (ALG) has 2 runways.
• The new terminal at the airport
• Houari Boumediene Airport handled 4,474,970 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Houari Boumediene Airport (ALG) is Gisborne Airport (GIS), which is nearly antipodal to Houari Boumediene Airport (meaning Houari Boumediene Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Gisborne Airport), and is located 12,120 miles (19,505 kilometers) away in Gisborne, New Zealand.
• Because of Houari Boumediene Airport's relatively low elevation of 82 feet, planes can take off or land at Houari Boumediene 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.
• Prior to Terminal 2's opening, Terminal 3 was used for operating domestic flights.
• The airport is named after Houari Boumediene, a former president of Algeria.
• The closest airport to Houari Boumediene Airport (ALG) is Boufarik Air Base (QFD), which is located 21 miles (34 kilometers) WSW of ALG.