Nonstop flight route between Mizan Teferi, Ethiopia and Lod (near Tel Aviv), Israel:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mizan Teferi Airport (MTF), Mizan Teferi, Ethiopia and Ben Gurion Airport (TLV), Lod (near Tel Aviv), Israel would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,731 miles (or 2,785 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 Mizan Teferi Airport and Ben Gurion Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Mizan Teferi Airport (MTF):

• The closest airport to Mizan Teferi Airport (MTF) is Gore Airport (GOR), which is located 83 miles (133 kilometers) N of MTF.
• The furthest airport from Mizan Teferi Airport (MTF) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is nearly antipodal to Mizan Teferi Airport (meaning Mizan Teferi Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Atuona Airport), and is located 12,017 miles (19,339 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
• Because of Mizan Teferi Airport's high elevation of 4,396 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at MTF. Combined with a high temperature, this could make MTF a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.

Facts about Ben Gurion Airport (TLV):

• The closest airport to Ben Gurion Airport (TLV) is Sde Dov Airport (SDV), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) NW of TLV.
• The longest runway at the airfield, 4,062 m, and the main take off runway from east to west, referred to as "the quiet runway" since jets taking off in this direction produce less noise pollution for surrounding residents.
• The airport began as an airstrip of four concrete runways on the outskirts of the town of Lydda.
• Terminal 3 uses the Jetway system.
• Because of Ben Gurion Airport's relatively low elevation of 134 feet, planes can take off or land at Ben Gurion 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.
• Ben Gurion Airport, also referred to by its Hebrew acronym Natbag, is Israel's main international airport, handling over 14.2 million passengers in 2013.
• In addition to being known as "Ben Gurion Airport", another name for TLV is "נְמַל הַתְּעוּפָה בֵּן גּוּרְיוֹן".
• More buildings and runways were added over the years, but with the onset of mass immigration from Ethiopia and the former Soviet Union in the 1980s and 90s, as well as the global increase of international business travel, the existing facilities became painfully inadequate, prompting the design of new state-of-the-art terminal that could also accommodate the expected tourism influx for the 2000 millennium celebrations.
• Ben Gurion Airport (TLV) has 3 runways.
• The head office of El Al is located at Ben Gurion Airport, as is the head office of the Israel Airports Authority, and the head office of the Civil Aviation Authority.CAL Cargo Air Lines has its head office in the Airport City development of Ben Gurion.
• The furthest airport from Ben Gurion Airport (TLV) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,672 miles (18,784 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.