Nonstop flight route between Montserrat, British Overseas Territories, United Kingdom and Sirte, Libya:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between John A. Osborne Airport (MNI), Montserrat, British Overseas Territories, United Kingdom and Ghardabiya Air Base (SRX), Sirte, Libya would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,978 miles (or 8,011 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 John A. Osborne Airport and Ghardabiya Air Base, 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 John A. Osborne Airport and Ghardabiya Air Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about John A. Osborne Airport (MNI):

• The closest airport to John A. Osborne Airport (MNI) is V. C. Bird International Airport (ANU), which is located 36 miles (57 kilometers) NE of MNI.
• The completion of Gerald's Airport allowed for the resumption of regular commercial airline service to Montserrat for the first time since 1997, when W.
• The furthest airport from John A. Osborne Airport (MNI) is Port Hedland International Airport (PHE), which is nearly antipodal to John A. Osborne Airport (meaning John A. Osborne Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Port Hedland International Airport), and is located 12,183 miles (19,607 kilometers) away in Port Hedland, Western Australia, Australia.
• John A. Osborne Airport (MNI) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of John A. Osborne Airport's relatively low elevation of 550 feet, planes can take off or land at John A. Osborne 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 airline FlyMontserrat has its headquarters on the airport property.

Facts about Ghardabiya Air Base (SRX):

• In addition to being known as "Ghardabiya Air Base", other names for SRX include "Gardabya Airport" and "SRX [1]".
• Ghardabiya Air Base (SRX) has 2 runways.
• Because of Ghardabiya Air Base's relatively low elevation of 266 feet, planes can take off or land at Ghardabiya Air Base 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 Ghardabiya Air Base (SRX) is Rarotonga International Airport (RAR), which is located 11,720 miles (18,862 kilometers) away in Avarua, Cook Islands.
• Due to the 2011 Libyan civil war all flights were suspended however since the end of the conflict Libyan Airlines have resumed service, it is currently unknown if Air Libya Tibesti is using the airport.
• The closest airport to Ghardabiya Air Base (SRX) is Misrata International Airport (MRA), which is located 126 miles (203 kilometers) NW of SRX.