Nonstop flight route between Mackay, Queensland, Australia and Kinston, North Carolina, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mackay Airport (MKY), Mackay, Queensland, Australia and Kinston Regional Jetport (ISO), Kinston, North Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,456 miles (or 15,219 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 Mackay Airport and Kinston Regional Jetport, 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 Mackay Airport and Kinston Regional Jetport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Mackay Airport (MKY):

• The furthest airport from Mackay Airport (MKY) is Agostinho Neto Airport (NTO), which is located 11,973 miles (19,269 kilometers) away in Ponta do Sol, Santo Antão, Cape Verde.
• Because of Mackay Airport's relatively low elevation of 19 feet, planes can take off or land at Mackay 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.
• Mackay Airport (MKY) has 2 runways.
• Mackay Airport handled 1,049,172 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Mackay Airport (MKY) is Great Barrier Reef Airport (HTI), which is located 58 miles (94 kilometers) NNW of MKY.
• In November 2008, Mackay Airport was sold to a private consortium to fund the development of Mackay Hospital.
• In the year 2008, the airport handled 837,416 passengers making it the 15th busiest airport in Australia.
• In 1938, the airport held an airshow featuring ten aircraft, which attracted over 8,000 spectators.

Facts about Kinston Regional Jetport (ISO):

• Delta Air Lines briefly served Kinston in the 2000s, as did Allegiant Air.
• In addition to being known as "Kinston Regional Jetport", another name for ISO is "Stallings Field".
• The furthest airport from Kinston Regional Jetport (ISO) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,708 miles (18,843 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Kinston Jetport originally was built in 1944 by the United States Navy.
• Because of Kinston Regional Jetport's relatively low elevation of 94 feet, planes can take off or land at Kinston Regional Jetport 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 Kinston Regional Jetport (ISO) is Seymour Johnson Air Force Base (GSB), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) W of ISO.
• Kinston Regional Jetport (ISO) currently has only 1 runway.