Nonstop flight route between Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico and Groningen / Eelde, Netherlands:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between General Francisco Mujica International Airport (MLM), Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico and Groningen Airport Eelde (GRQ), Groningen / Eelde, Netherlands would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,818 miles (or 9,364 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 General Francisco Mujica International Airport and Groningen Airport Eelde, 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 General Francisco Mujica International Airport and Groningen Airport Eelde. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about General Francisco Mujica International Airport (MLM):

• General Francisco Mujica International Airport (MLM) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to General Francisco Mujica International Airport (MLM) is Captain Rogelio Castillo National Airport (CYW), which is located 49 miles (79 kilometers) N of MLM.
• In addition to being known as "General Francisco Mujica International Airport", another name for MLM is "Aeropuerto Internacional General Francisco J. Mujica".
• Because of General Francisco Mujica International Airport's high elevation of 6,033 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at MLM. Combined with a high temperature, this could make MLM a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from General Francisco Mujica International Airport (MLM) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,422 miles (18,382 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.

Facts about Groningen Airport Eelde (GRQ):

• Early 1945, the Germans abandoned their "Fliegerhorst", as they called it.
• Though there are several scheduled services operating from the airport the majority of operations at the airport mostly comprise charter flights to holiday destinations in Greece, Portugal, Spain and Turkey.
• Groningen Airport Eelde (GRQ) has 2 runways.
• With the airport becoming more crowded due to holiday flights, it was decided to join the two existing passenger halls together.
• Because of Groningen Airport Eelde's relatively low elevation of 17 feet, planes can take off or land at Groningen Airport Eelde 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.
• Groningen Airport Eelde handled 20,866 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Groningen Airport Eelde (GRQ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,778 miles (18,956 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The first landing of a European aeroplane took place on July 13, 1958.
• The closest airport to Groningen Airport Eelde (GRQ) is Emden Airport (EME), which is located 32 miles (52 kilometers) NE of GRQ.