Nonstop flight route between Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and Moorea, Windward Islands, French Polynesia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Essendon Airport (MEB), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and Moorea Airport (MOZ), Moorea, Windward Islands, French Polynesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,152 miles (or 6,681 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 Moorea 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 Moorea 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):

• The closest airport to Essendon Airport (MEB) is Melbourne Airport (MEL), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NW of MEB.
• 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".
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• On 31 January 1945, a heavily-modified Stinson Model A registered VH-UYY and named Tokana, operated by Australian National Airways, departed from Essendon Airport for the daily flight to Kerang.

Facts about Moorea Airport (MOZ):

• The furthest airport from Moorea Airport (MOZ) is El Debba Airport (EDB), which is nearly antipodal to Moorea Airport (meaning Moorea Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from El Debba Airport), and is located 12,377 miles (19,918 kilometers) away in El Debba (Al Dabbah), Sudan.
• The Moorea Tour Bus comes to the airport to pick up or drop off people.
• The closest airport to Moorea Airport (MOZ) is Fa'a'ā International Airport (PPT), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) ESE of MOZ.
• Because of Moorea Airport's relatively low elevation of 16 feet, planes can take off or land at Moorea 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.
• In addition to being known as "Moorea Airport", other names for MOZ include "Aéroport de Moorea" and "Moorea Temae Airport".
• Moorea Airport (MOZ) currently has only 1 runway.