Nonstop flight route between Mackay, Queensland, Australia and Lampedusa, Italy:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mackay Airport (MKY), Mackay, Queensland, Australia and Lampedusa Airport (LMP), Lampedusa, Italy would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,642 miles (or 15,517 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 Lampedusa 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 Mackay Airport and Lampedusa Airport. 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.
• Mackay Airport (MKY) has 2 runways.
• In January 2010, Auckland International Airport Limited, announced plans to purchase almost 25 per cent of North Queensland Airports, operator of the airports at Cairns and Mackay, for about $167 million.
• In November 2008, Mackay Airport was sold to a private consortium to fund the development of Mackay Hospital.
• Mackay Airport handled 1,049,172 passengers last year.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Mackay Airport (MKY) is Great Barrier Reef Airport (HTI), which is located 58 miles (94 kilometers) NNW of MKY.
• In 1938, the airport held an airshow featuring ten aircraft, which attracted over 8,000 spectators.

Facts about Lampedusa Airport (LMP):

• In addition to being known as "Lampedusa Airport", another name for LMP is "Aeroporto di Lampedusa".
• The closest airport to Lampedusa Airport (LMP) is Xewkija / Gozo Heliport (GZM), which is located 100 miles (160 kilometers) ENE of LMP.
• Because of Lampedusa Airport's relatively low elevation of 69 feet, planes can take off or land at Lampedusa 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 Lampedusa Airport (LMP) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,687 miles (18,809 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Lampedusa Airport (LMP) currently has only 1 runway.