Nonstop flight route between Tripoli, Libya and Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mitiga International Airport (MJI), Tripoli, Libya and General Francisco Javier Mina International Airport (TAM), Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,512 miles (or 10,481 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 Mitiga International Airport and General Francisco Javier Mina 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 Mitiga International Airport and General Francisco Javier Mina 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 Mitiga International Airport (MJI):

• The closest airport to Mitiga International Airport (MJI) is Tripoli International Airport (TIP), which is located only 18 miles (28 kilometers) SSW of MJI.
• The furthest airport from Mitiga International Airport (MJI) is Rarotonga International Airport (RAR), which is located 11,524 miles (18,546 kilometers) away in Avarua, Cook Islands.
• After 1970, the facility was known as Okba Ben Nafi Air Base, a Libyan People's Air Force installation.
• Mitiga International Airport (MJI) has 2 runways.
• The fourteen-hour 9,300-kilometre round trip to Libya required numerous in-air refuelings, because countries closer to Libya – Spain, Italy, France, and Greece – had refused American planes permission to fly over or from bases in their countries.
• On 13 March 2011, Ali Atiyya, a colonel of the Libyan Air Force at the airport, defected and joined the anti-Gaddafi forces.
• In addition to being known as "Mitiga International Airport", another name for MJI is "مطار امعيتيقة الدولي".
• Because of Mitiga International Airport's relatively low elevation of 36 feet, planes can take off or land at Mitiga 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.

Facts about General Francisco Javier Mina International Airport (TAM):

• The closest airport to General Francisco Javier Mina International Airport (TAM) is Tamuín National Airport (TSL), which is located 63 miles (101 kilometers) WSW of TAM.
• Because of General Francisco Javier Mina International Airport's relatively low elevation of 80 feet, planes can take off or land at General Francisco Javier Mina 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.
• In addition to being known as "General Francisco Javier Mina International Airport", another name for TAM is "Aeropuerto Internacional General Francisco Javier Mina".
• General Francisco Javier Mina International Airport (TAM) has 3 runways.
• The furthest airport from General Francisco Javier Mina International Airport (TAM) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,243 miles (18,094 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.