Nonstop flight route between Tehran, Iran and Nashville, Tennessee, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mehrabad Airport (THR), Tehran, Iran and Nashville International Airport (BNA), Nashville, Tennessee, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,789 miles (or 10,925 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 Nashville 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 Nashville 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 airport was first time used as an airfield for aviation club planes in 1938, then after World War II along with becoming internationally recognized by joining Iran civil aviation organization to the ICAO in 1949, the airport also became an air force base.
• 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.
• IKA Airport was scheduled to open in 2004 with international flights gradually changing from Mehrabad starting with flights to countries bordering the Persian Gulf.
• The closest airport to Mehrabad Airport (THR) is Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKA), which is located 21 miles (34 kilometers) SSW of THR.
• Mehrabad International Airport consists of six terminals, with Terminals 1,3 and 5 only used during Haj and Umrah seasons.
• In addition to being known as "Mehrabad Airport", another name for THR is "فرودگاه مهرآباد".
• An aircraft engineering and maintenance company Fajr Ashian, has a maintenance hangar adjacent to main airport premises.
• Mehrabad Airport (THR) has 3 runways.
• Mehrabad Airport handled 13,163,368 passengers last year.

Facts about Nashville International Airport (BNA):

• The furthest airport from Nashville International Airport (BNA) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,198 miles (18,021 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In addition to passenger amenities in the terminal and parking areas, the renovations included improvements to the airport's infrastructure.
• BNA is home to an aviation themed art project and gallery entitled Arts at the Airport.
• Nashville International Airport (BNA) has 4 runways.
• Even with Nashville no longer being a hub for a major airline, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, the number of passengers using the airport is expected to double within the next 20 years.
• The closest airport to Nashville International Airport (BNA) is Smyrna Airport (MQY), which is located only 12 miles (20 kilometers) SE of BNA.
• The terminal is served by Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority bus route 18, which provides express and local service between the airport's passenger facilities and the Music City Central bus terminal in Nashville's central business district.
• Concourse C is the largest concourse at BNA, featuring a large shopping and dining area and the highest number of gates of any concourse.
• In the early 1980s the MNAA commissioned Robert Lamb Hart, in association with the firm of Gresham, Smith and Partners, to design a modern terminal.
• By 1935 the need for an airport larger and closer to the city than Sky Harbor Airport was realized and a citizens' committee was organized by mayor Hillary Howse to choose a location.
• By the 1970s the airport was again in need of expansion and modernization.
• Because of Nashville International Airport's relatively low elevation of 599 feet, planes can take off or land at Nashville International 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.