Nonstop flight route between Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and Brønnøysund, Nordland, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Essendon Airport (MEB), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and Brønnøysund Airport, Brønnøy (BNN), Brønnøysund, Nordland, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,756 miles (or 15,701 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 Essendon Airport and Brønnøysund Airport, Brønnøy, 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 Essendon Airport and Brønnøysund Airport, Brønnøy. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Essendon Airport (MEB):

• 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.
• The major passenger airlines using Essendon in the postwar years until scheduled air services were transferred to Tullamarine were Ansett Airlines and Trans Australia Airlines.
• In 2001, the Commonwealth Government sold its management rights for the airport to Edgelear Pty.
• In addition to being known as "Essendon Airport", another name for MEB is "Melbourne/Essendon".
• The closest airport to Essendon Airport (MEB) is Melbourne Airport (MEL), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NW of MEB.
• Essendon became Australia's second, and Melbourne's first international airport in February 1950.
• 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.
• Essendon Airport (MEB) has 2 runways.

Facts about Brønnøysund Airport, Brønnøy (BNN):

• NATO showed interest in upgrading Brønnøysund Airport in 1991.
• The furthest airport from Brønnøysund Airport, Brønnøy (BNN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,904 miles (17,549 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Brønnøysund Airport, Brønnøy handled 130,349 passengers last year.
• Because of Brønnøysund Airport, Brønnøy's relatively low elevation of 25 feet, planes can take off or land at Brønnøysund Airport, Brønnøy 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.
• Widerøe came with an alternative proposal and suggested that a network of smaller airports be built instead, which could be served using short take-off and landing aircraft.
• Widerøe is the only airline operating scheduled flights out of Brønnøysund, serving it with their Bombardier Dash 8 aircraft.
• The closest airport to Brønnøysund Airport, Brønnøy (BNN) is Sandnessjøen Airport, Stokka (SSJ), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) NNE of BNN.
• CHC Helikopter Service operates flights to the offshore oil platform at Norne on contract with Statoil.
• Brønnøysund Airport, Brønnøy is a regional airport located at the town of Brønnøysund, in the municipality of Brønnøy, Nordland county, Norway.
• In addition to being known as "Brønnøysund Airport, Brønnøy", another name for BNN is "Brønnøysund lufthavn, Brønnøy".
• Brønnøysund Airport, Brønnøy (BNN) currently has only 1 runway.