Nonstop flight route between Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and Nassau, Bahamas:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Melbourne Airport (MEL), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and Lynden Pindling International Airport (NAS), Nassau, Bahamas would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,818 miles (or 15,800 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 Lynden Pindling 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 Melbourne Airport and Lynden Pindling 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 Melbourne Airport (MEL):

• The closest airport to Melbourne Airport (MEL) is Essendon Airport (MEB), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) SE of MEL.
• 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.
• Terminal 1 hosts domestic services for Qantas Group airlines, Qantas, Jetstar and QantasLink and is located to the northern end of the building.
• In addition to being known as "Melbourne Airport", another name for MEL is "Tullamarine Airport".
• Melbourne Airport (MEL) has 2 runways.
• In May 1959 it was announced that a new airport would be built at Tullamarine, with Prime Minister Robert Menzies announcing on 27 November 1962 a five-year plan to provide Melbourne with a A$45 million "jetport" by 1967.
• 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 first major upgrades at the airport were carried out at the domestic terminals, with an expansion of the Ansett domestic terminal approved in 1989 and completed in 1991, adding a second pier added for use by smaller regional airlines.
• Melbourne Airport handled 2,998,000 passengers last year.
• Although described as a satellite terminal, the terminal building is connected by an above-ground corridor to Terminal 2.

Facts about Lynden Pindling International Airport (NAS):

• The furthest airport from Lynden Pindling International Airport (NAS) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,746 miles (18,903 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• The redevelopment updated the airport facilities to world-class standards and expanded terminal capacity.
• Because of Lynden Pindling International Airport's relatively low elevation of 16 feet, planes can take off or land at Lynden Pindling 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.
• Once all phases are completed, the airport will feature a total terminal area of 571,000 squ­are feet, with 10 jet-bridge capable gates.
• Currently, the airport has 2 runways, more than 30 gates and 482,000 sq ft of terminal space.
• Lynden Pindling International Airport (NAS) has 2 runways.
• Lynden Pindling International Airport handled 3,000,000 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Lynden Pindling International Airport (NAS) is Andros Town Airport (ASD), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) SW of NAS.