Nonstop flight route between Melbourne, Florida, United States and Jomsom, Nepal:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Melbourne International Airport (MLB), Melbourne, Florida, United States and Jomsom Airport (JMO), Jomsom, Nepal would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,373 miles (or 13,475 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 International Airport and Jomsom 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 International Airport and Jomsom 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 International Airport (MLB):

• Melbourne International Airport (MLB) has 3 runways.
• The Authority operated a recreational vehicle site, "Port O' Call." This was closed and the tenants evicted in 2003.
• In the early 1980s some ending scenes for the film Stranger Than Paradise were shot in the Melbourne area, including several plot scenes shot at the Airport.
• Because of Melbourne International Airport's relatively low elevation of 33 feet, planes can take off or land at Melbourne 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.
• People Express Airlines started nonstops to Newark, Baltimore, Columbus and Buffalo, New York in spring 1982.
• The Melbourne Airport Authority operates Tropical Haven, a 759-site manufactured home park.
• In 1969 a National DC-8 flew Los Angeles-Tampa-Melbourne-Miami.
• In the year ending June 30, 2009 the airport had 133,576 aircraft operations.
• Front view of the Main Terminal
• The furthest airport from Melbourne International Airport (MLB) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,549 miles (18,586 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Melbourne International Airport (MLB) is Patrick Air Force Base (COF), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) NNE of MLB.
• Passengers rose 70% in 2010 over 2009, as US Airways restarted service and Delta expanded.

Facts about Jomsom Airport (JMO):

• The furthest airport from Jomsom Airport (JMO) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,627 miles (18,712 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• The closest airport to Jomsom Airport (JMO) is Pokhara Airport (PKR), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) SSE of JMO.
• Because of Jomsom Airport's high elevation of 8,800 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at JMO. Combined with a high temperature, this could make JMO a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Jomsom Airport (JMO) currently has only 1 runway.
• On 16 May 2013, a full year and two days later, Nepal Airlines Flight 555 carrying 21 people crashed on the bank of the Kaligandaki River.
• The airport resides at an elevation of 8,800 feet above mean sea level.