Nonstop flight route between Muscle Shoals, Alabama, United States and Semarang, Indonesia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Northwest Alabama Regional Airport (MSL), Muscle Shoals, Alabama, United States and Achmad Yani International Airport (AYIA) (SRG), Semarang, Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,203 miles (or 16,420 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 Achmad Yani International Airport (AYIA), 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 Achmad Yani International Airport (AYIA). You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Northwest Alabama Regional Airport (MSL):

• 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.
• 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 closest airport to Northwest Alabama Regional Airport (MSL) is Pryor Field Regional Airport (DCU), which is located 38 miles (62 kilometers) E of MSL.
• Currently, Muscle Shoals is served by Silver Airways with two daily flights to Atlanta.
• 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.
• As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 5,061 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 6,897 in 2009, and 8,680 in 2010.

Facts about Achmad Yani International Airport (AYIA) (SRG):

• Achmad Yani International Airport (AYIA) (SRG) currently has only 1 runway.
• It is operated by PT Angkasa Pura I, a state enterprise of the Indonesian Department of Transport that manages airports in the eastern part of the country.
• The furthest airport from Achmad Yani International Airport (AYIA) (SRG) is Elorza Airport (EOZ), which is nearly antipodal to Achmad Yani International Airport (AYIA) (meaning Achmad Yani International Airport (AYIA) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Elorza Airport), and is located 12,426 miles (19,998 kilometers) away in Elorza, Venezuela.
• In addition to being known as "Achmad Yani International Airport (AYIA)", another name for SRG is "Bandar Udara Internasional Achmad Yani (AYIA)".
• Expansion began in 2004, done in phases starting with the addition to the length of the runway to accommodated safer landing of wide bodied aeroplanes.
• Because of Achmad Yani International Airport (AYIA)'s relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Achmad Yani International Airport (AYIA) 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 Achmad Yani International Airport (AYIA) (SRG) is Adisucipto International Airport (JOG), which is located 57 miles (91 kilometers) S of SRG.
• Trans Semarang, a bus rapid transit of Semarang only one corridor going through the airport but all the corridors available are inter-connected to this corridor
• On June 17, 2014 groundbreaking was done to make new terminal of 58,652 meters area to accommodate up to 6-7 million passengers, while in 2013 there are 3.2 million passengers, a heavy overcapacity due to the current terminal capacity is only 867,000 passengers per year.