Nonstop flight route between Salzburg, Austria and Melbourne, Victoria, Australia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Salzburg Airport (SZG), Salzburg, Austria and Melbourne Airport (MEL), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,939 miles (or 15,995 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 Salzburg 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 Salzburg Airport and Melbourne Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SZG / LOWS |
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Location: | Salzburg, Austria |
GPS Coordinates: | 47°47'39"N by 13°0'11"E |
Area Served: | Salzburg, Austria |
Operator/Owner: | Salzburger Flughafen GmbH |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1411 feet (430 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SZG |
More Information: | SZG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MEL / YMML |
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Location: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 37°40'23"S by 144°50'35"E |
Area Served: | Melbourne |
Operator/Owner: | Australia Pacific Airports Corporation Limited |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 434 feet (132 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from MEL |
More Information: | MEL Maps & Info |
Facts about Salzburg Airport (SZG):
- Salzburg Airport or Salzburg Airport W.
- This smaller Terminal 2 features nine additional check-in counters and 4 boarding gates as well as a designated area to check-in skiing equipment.
- At the start of World War II, on 1 September 1939, Salzburg Airport was seized and in 1943 the "Luftgaukommando VII" in Munich was put in charge of it.
- It is located 1.7 NM west-southwest from the centre of Salzburg and 2 km from the Austrian-German border and is jointly owned by the City of Salzburg and The State of Salzburg.
- In addition to being known as "Salzburg Airport", another name for SZG is "Salzburg Airport W. A. Mozart".
- Salzburg Airport (SZG) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Salzburg Airport (SZG) is Linz Airport (LNZ), which is located 63 miles (101 kilometers) ENE of SZG.
- The furthest airport from Salzburg Airport (SZG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,905 miles (19,159 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
Facts about Melbourne Airport (MEL):
- In 2003, Melbourne received the International Air Transport Association Eagle Award for service and two National Tourism Awards for tourism services.
- 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.
- Melbourne Airport is served by four hotels.
- In addition to being known as "Melbourne Airport", another name for MEL is "Tullamarine Airport".
- Opened with Melbourne Airport in 1970 for Trans Australia Airlines, the terminal passed to Qantas in 1992 when they acquired the airline.
- The closest airport to Melbourne Airport (MEL) is Essendon Airport (MEB), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) SE of MEL.
- A$330 million expansion programme for Terminal 2 was announced in 2007.
- The Melbourne–Sydney air route is the third most-travelled passenger air route in the world and the third busiest in the Asia Pacific region.
- Since privatisation, further improvements to infrastructure have begun at the airport, including expansion of runways, car parks and terminals.
- Today, a wide range of shops and food outlets are situated at the end of the terminal near the entrance into Terminal 2.
- Melbourne Airport handled 2,998,000 passengers last year.
- 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 (MEL) has 2 runways.