Nonstop flight route between Muscle Shoals, Alabama, United States and Paramaribo, Suriname:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Northwest Alabama Regional Airport (MSL), Muscle Shoals, Alabama, United States and Zorg en Hoop Airport (ORG), Paramaribo, Suriname would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,874 miles (or 4,626 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 Northwest Alabama Regional Airport and Zorg en Hoop 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 Northwest Alabama Regional Airport and Zorg en Hoop Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MSL / KMSL |
Airport Name: | Northwest Alabama Regional Airport |
Location: | Muscle Shoals, Alabama, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°44'43"N by 87°36'37"W |
Area Served: | Muscle Shoals, Alabama |
Operator/Owner: | Colbert & Lauderdale Counties |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 551 feet (168 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from MSL |
More Information: | MSL Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ORG / SMZO |
Airport Name: | Zorg en Hoop Airport |
Location: | Paramaribo, Suriname |
GPS Coordinates: | 5°48'41"N by 55°11'24"W |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 10 feet (3 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ORG |
More Information: | ORG Maps & Info |
Facts about Northwest Alabama Regional Airport (MSL):
- Historically, Muscle Shoals was served by Southern Airways which operated Douglas DC-9-10 and DC-9-30 jetliners on nonstop and direct flights to Atlanta.
- Northwest Alabama Regional Airport (MSL) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Northwest Alabama Regional Airport (MSL) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,143 miles (17,932 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to Northwest Alabama Regional Airport (MSL) is Pryor Field Regional Airport (DCU), which is located 38 miles (62 kilometers) E of MSL.
- Because of Northwest Alabama Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 551 feet, planes can take off or land at Northwest Alabama Regional 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 airport was opened in February 1940, however in 1942 it was taken over by the United States Army Air Forces as a World War II pilot training military airfield.
Facts about Zorg en Hoop Airport (ORG):
- Departed from this airport in the 1980s, at the time of the civil war, appliances, which sowed death and destruction in Brunswick-minded villages and settlements.
- The closest airport to Zorg en Hoop Airport (ORG) is Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (PBM), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) S of ORG.
- Zorg en Hoop Airport (ORG) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Zorg en Hoop Airport (ORG) is Betoambari Airport (BUW), which is nearly antipodal to Zorg en Hoop Airport (meaning Zorg en Hoop Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Betoambari Airport), and is located 12,281 miles (19,764 kilometers) away in Bau-Bau, Buton, Indonesia.
- Because of Zorg en Hoop Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Zorg en Hoop 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.