Nonstop flight route between Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and İzmir, Turkey:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Melbourne Airport (MEL), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport (ADB), İzmir, Turkey would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,111 miles (or 14,663 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 Melbourne Airport and İzmir Adnan Menderes 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 Melbourne Airport and İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Melbourne Airport (MEL):

• Before the opening of Melbourne Airport, Melbourne's main airport was Essendon Airport which was officially designated an international airport in 1950.
• Since privatisation, further improvements to infrastructure have begun at the airport, including expansion of runways, car parks and terminals.
• Melbourne Airport, also known as Tullamarine Airport, is the primary airport serving the city of Melbourne, and the second busiest airport in Australia.
• Melbourne Airport handled 2,998,000 passengers last year.
• Because of Melbourne Airport's relatively low elevation of 434 feet, planes can take off or land at Melbourne 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 furthest airport from Melbourne Airport (MEL) is Flores Airport (FLW), which is nearly antipodal to Melbourne Airport (meaning Melbourne Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Flores Airport), and is located 12,187 miles (19,613 kilometers) away in Flores Island, Azores, Portugal.
• The closest airport to Melbourne Airport (MEL) is Essendon Airport (MEB), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) SE of MEL.
• Terminal 2 handles all international flights out of Melbourne Airport and the city and opened with the airport in 1970.
• Melbourne Airport (MEL) has 2 runways.
• Terminal 4 – originally called the Domestic Express or South Terminal – is dedicated to budget airlines and is the first facility of its kind at a conventional airport in Australia.
• The Melbourne–Sydney air route is the third most-travelled passenger air route in the world and the third busiest in the Asia Pacific region.
• In addition to being known as "Melbourne Airport", another name for MEL is "Tullamarine Airport".
• In 1959 the Commonwealth Government acquired 5,300 ha of grassland in then-rural Tullamarine.

Facts about İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport (ADB):

• The closest airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport (ADB) is Çiğli Air Base (IGL), which is located only 17 miles (28 kilometers) NNW of ADB.
• IZair's head office is on the airport property.
• In addition to being known as "İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport", another name for ADB is "Adnan Menderes Havalimanı".
• The furthest airport from İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport (ADB) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,338 miles (18,246 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
• The easiest way to get there from İzmir is by İZBAN metropolitan rail service or the Havaşairport shuttle bus from the Turkish Airlines office.
• İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport (ADB) has 2 runways.
• Because of İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport's relatively low elevation of 412 feet, planes can take off or land at İzmir Adnan Menderes 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.