Nonstop flight route between Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and Donetsk, Ukraine:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Essendon Airport (MEB), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport (DOK), Donetsk, Ukraine would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,822 miles (or 14,198 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 Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International 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 Essendon Airport and Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport. 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):

• In November 2007 Essendon Airport released its latest master plan.
• The area of the airport was originally known as St Johns, after an early landowner.
• 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 addition to being known as "Essendon Airport", another name for MEB is "Melbourne/Essendon".
• Essendon Airport (MEB) has 2 runways.
• 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.
• The airfield itself also has undergone a major upgrade with the installation of lighting and signage systems to bring the airport to International Civil Aviation Organization standards.
• The closest airport to Essendon Airport (MEB) is Melbourne Airport (MEL), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NW of MEB.
• International flights departed mainly from Sydney during Essendon's years of operation, and there were regular daily flights between the two largest metropolitan areas in Australia.
• 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.

Facts about Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport (DOK):

• The furthest airport from Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport (DOK) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,782 miles (17,352 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport", another name for DOK is "Міжнародний аеропорт "Донецьк"".
• The closest airport to Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport (DOK) is Mariupol International Airport (MPW), which is located 70 miles (113 kilometers) S of DOK.
• The airline Donbassaero had its head office located at the airport, but ceased operations in January 2013.
• In the 1990s, Donetsk Airport experienced a number of criminal incidents.
• Because of Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport's relatively low elevation of 781 feet, planes can take off or land at Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International 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.
• Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport (DOK) currently has only 1 runway.