Nonstop flight route between Tehran, Iran and Atlanta, Georgia, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mehrabad Airport (THR), Tehran, Iran and Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), Atlanta, Georgia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,859 miles (or 11,039 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 Mehrabad Airport and Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International 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 Mehrabad Airport and Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Mehrabad Airport (THR):

• The furthest airport from Mehrabad Airport (THR) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 11,490 miles (18,491 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
• Mehrabad International Airport consists of six terminals, with Terminals 1,3 and 5 only used during Haj and Umrah seasons.
• Mehrabad Airport handled 13,163,368 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Mehrabad Airport", another name for THR is "فرودگاه مهرآباد".
• The closest airport to Mehrabad Airport (THR) is Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKA), which is located 21 miles (34 kilometers) SSW of THR.
• An aircraft engineering and maintenance company Fajr Ashian, has a maintenance hangar adjacent to main airport premises.
• Mehrabad Airport (THR) has 3 runways.

Facts about Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL):

• Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport handled 95,462,867 passengers last year.
• Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) has 5 runways.
• The concourses are connected by an underground Transportation Mall, which begins at the main terminal and passes under the center of each concourse.
• The furthest airport from Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,317 miles (18,213 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In May 2001 construction of a 9,000-foot fifth runway began.
• In addition to the terminal that will expand international operations at the airport, sections of some midfield taxiways have been widened from 145 feet to 162 feet, and a section of Runway 27R will be widened from 220 feet to 250 feet in order to accommodate Airbus A380 operations at the airport.
• In 1946 Candler Field was renamed Atlanta Municipal Airport and by 1948, more than one million passengers passed through a war surplus hangar that served as a terminal building.
• The closest airport to Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) is Morris Army Airfield (Fort Gillem) (FOP), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) E of ATL.