Nonstop flight route between Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia and Marília, São Paulo, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Alula Aba Nega Airport (MQX), Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia and Frank Miloye Milenkowichi State Airport (MII), Marília, São Paulo, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,533 miles (or 10,515 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 Alula Aba Nega Airport and Frank Miloye Milenkowichi State 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 Alula Aba Nega Airport and Frank Miloye Milenkowichi State Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Alula Aba Nega Airport (MQX):

• The furthest airport from Alula Aba Nega Airport (MQX) is Fangatau Airport (FGU), which is nearly antipodal to Alula Aba Nega Airport (meaning Alula Aba Nega Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Fangatau Airport), and is located 12,272 miles (19,750 kilometers) away in Fangatau, French Polynesia.
• This airport was built in the late 1990s to replace an older one located 7 km from Mek'ele.
• Alula Aba Nega Airport (MQX) currently has only 1 runway.
• Alula Aba Nega Airport handled 112,060 passengers last year.
• Because of Alula Aba Nega Airport's high elevation of 7,406 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at MQX. Combined with a high temperature, this could make MQX a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Alula Aba Nega Airport (MQX) is Axum Emperor Yohannes IV Airport (AXU), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) NW of MQX.
• In addition to being known as "Alula Aba Nega Airport", another name for MQX is "አሉላ አባ ነጋ ዓለም አቀፍ የአየር ማረፊያ".

Facts about Frank Miloye Milenkowichi State Airport (MII):

• The furthest airport from Frank Miloye Milenkowichi State Airport (MII) is Minami-Daito Airport (MMD), which is nearly antipodal to Frank Miloye Milenkowichi State Airport (meaning Frank Miloye Milenkowichi State Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Minami-Daito Airport), and is located 12,174 miles (19,591 kilometers) away in Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan.
• The closest airport to Frank Miloye Milenkowichi State Airport (MII) is Marcelo Pires Halzhausen State Airport (AIF), which is located 46 miles (73 kilometers) SW of MII.
• In addition to being known as "Frank Miloye Milenkowichi State Airport", another name for MII is "Aeroporto Estadual Frank Miloye Milenkowichi".
• Frank Miloye Milenkowichi Airport was opened in 1938.
• Frank Miloye Milenkowichi State Airport (MII) currently has only 1 runway.
• It was at this airport that on January 7, 1961 TAM – Táxi Aéreo Marília, the forerunner of TAM Airlines started its operations as a company specialized in general aviation.
• Frank Miloye Milenkowichi State Airport handled 92,437 passengers last year.