Nonstop flight route between Moultrie, Georgia, United States and Melbourne, Victoria, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Spence Airport (MUL), Moultrie, Georgia, United States and Melbourne Airport (MEL), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,664 miles (or 15,552 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 Spence Airport and Melbourne 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 Spence Airport and Melbourne Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Spence Airport (MUL):

• Because of Spence Airport's relatively low elevation of 292 feet, planes can take off or land at Spence 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.
• Spence Airport covers an area of 100 acres at an elevation of 292 feet above mean sea level.
• The closest airport to Spence Airport (MUL) is Moultrie Municipal Airport (MGR), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) WSW of MUL.
• Part of the cantonment area eventually became the Moultrie Regional Industrial Park and a county correctional institution.
• Spence Airport (MUL) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Spence Airport (MUL) is Kalbarri Airport (KAX), which is located 11,331 miles (18,236 kilometers) away in Kalbarri, Western Australia, Australia.

Facts about Melbourne Airport (MEL):

• In addition to being known as "Melbourne Airport", another name for MEL is "Tullamarine Airport".
• The first major upgrades at the airport were carried out at the domestic terminals, with an expansion of the Ansett domestic terminal approved in 1989 and completed in 1991, adding a second pier added for use by smaller regional airlines.
• Melbourne Airport was originally called Tullamarine Airport, after the adjacent suburb of the same name.
• Terminal 2 handles all international flights out of Melbourne Airport and the city and opened with the airport in 1970.
• Because of Melbourne Airport's relatively low elevation of 434 feet, planes can take off or land at Melbourne 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.
• Melbourne Airport handled 2,998,000 passengers last year.
• Melbourne Airport (MEL) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Melbourne Airport (MEL) is Flores Airport (FLW), which is nearly antipodal to Melbourne Airport (meaning Melbourne Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Flores Airport), and is located 12,187 miles (19,613 kilometers) away in Flores Island, Azores, Portugal.
• The closest airport to Melbourne Airport (MEL) is Essendon Airport (MEB), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) SE of MEL.
• In 1959 the Commonwealth Government acquired 5,300 ha of grassland in then-rural Tullamarine.