Nonstop flight route between Milingimbi Island, Northern Territory, Australia and Sacramento, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Milingimbi Airport (MGT), Milingimbi Island, Northern Territory, Australia and Sacramento International Airport (SMF), Sacramento, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,463 miles (or 12,011 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 Milingimbi Airport and Sacramento 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 Milingimbi Airport and Sacramento 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 Milingimbi Airport (MGT):

• The closest airport to Milingimbi Airport (MGT) is Maningrida Airport (MNG), which is located 45 miles (72 kilometers) W of MGT.
• Because of Milingimbi Airport's relatively low elevation of 53 feet, planes can take off or land at Milingimbi 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 Milingimbi Airport (MGT) is Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport (CAY), which is located 11,731 miles (18,879 kilometers) away in Cayenne, French Guiana.
• Milingimbi Airport (MGT) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Sacramento International Airport (SMF):

• Between 1990 and 2007 Sacramento International Airport had a high incidence of bird strikes due to its location in an avian migratory route.
• California Pacific Airlines hopes to fly between Sacramento and Carlsbad in southern California in 2013.
• Because of Sacramento International Airport's relatively low elevation of 27 feet, planes can take off or land at Sacramento 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.
• The closest airport to Sacramento International Airport (SMF) is Sacramento Airport McClellan Airfield (MCC), which is located only 10 miles (17 kilometers) E of SMF.
• Sacramento International Airport (SMF) has 2 runways.
• Sacramento International Airport handled 8,910,570 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,280 miles (18,154 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• Due to housing growth around Sacramento Executive Airport, the City of Sacramento Planning Department and the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors commissioned a study in the 1950s to move airline flights to a less populated area.
• The airport was a focus city for ExpressJet Airlines which independently operated Embraer ERJ-145 regional jets on point-to-point, "hub bypass" routes.
• Air Canada flew to this airport in 2007–2008 to Vancouver, but ended the route in 2008.
• The Sacramento County Airport System launched its Web site in April 1997.