Nonstop flight route between Middlemount, Queensland, Australia and Munda, New Georgia Island, Solomon Islands:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Middlemount Airport (MMM), Middlemount, Queensland, Australia and Munda Airport (MUA), Munda, New Georgia Island, Solomon Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,150 miles (or 1,851 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 relatively short distance between Middlemount Airport and Munda Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Middlemount Airport (MMM):

• The furthest airport from Middlemount Airport (MMM) is Agostinho Neto Airport (NTO), which is located 11,878 miles (19,116 kilometers) away in Ponta do Sol, Santo Antão, Cape Verde.
• Because of Middlemount Airport's relatively low elevation of 547 feet, planes can take off or land at Middlemount 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 Middlemount Airport (MMM) is Dysart Airport (DYA), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) WNW of MMM.
• Middlemount Airport (MMM) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Munda Airport (MUA):

• Munda Airport (MUA) currently has only 1 runway.
• Despite these efforts, reports of the strip were relayed to Guadalcanal via coastwatcher Danny Kennedy and aerial reconnaissance spotted increased barge traffic and evidence of crushed coral being prepared at the strip, but the Japanese succeeded in buying enough time to complete a single 1,094 feet by 44 feet all weather runway for fighters operational on 17 December 1942.
• A Japanese directive in late October 1942 called for an air base to be built at Munda Point, about 150 miles northwest of Guadalcanal and Henderson Field.
• The furthest airport from Munda Airport (MUA) is Praia International Airport (RAI), which is located 11,978 miles (19,277 kilometers) away in Praia, Cape Verde.
• Because of Munda Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Munda 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 Munda Airport (MUA) is Nusatupe Airport (GZO), which is located 32 miles (51 kilometers) WNW of MUA.