Nonstop flight route between Vilnius, Lithuania and Melbourne, Victoria, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Vilnius International Airport (VNO), Vilnius, Lithuania and Melbourne Airport (MEL), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,425 miles (or 15,169 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 Vilnius International 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 Vilnius International 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 Vilnius International Airport (VNO):

• The furthest airport from Vilnius International Airport (VNO) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,211 miles (18,043 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Vilnius International Airport's relatively low elevation of 646 feet, planes can take off or land at Vilnius 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.
• Direct train services between Vilnius Airport Railway Station and the central station of Vilnius were started in October 2008.
• Vilnius International Airport (VNO) currently has only 1 runway.
• AirBaltic, the national airline of Latvia and under Scandinavian Airlines part-ownership, opened up a second base at Vilnius in 2004 to complement its Riga operation and became the largest carrier at Vilnius, using Boeing 737 jets and Fokker F50 turboprops.
• The closest airport to Vilnius International Airport (VNO) is Kaunas International Airport (KUN), which is located 53 miles (85 kilometers) WNW of VNO.
• In addition to being known as "Vilnius International Airport", another name for VNO is "Tarptautinis Vilniaus oro uostas".
• On 30 June 2013 Air Lituanica began its flights from the Vilnius International Airport.Today Vilnius Airport is one of the fastest-growing airports in Europe.

Facts about Melbourne Airport (MEL):

• A$330 million expansion programme for Terminal 2 was announced in 2007.
• 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 was originally called Tullamarine Airport, after the adjacent suburb of the same name.
• 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.
• Melbourne Airport (MEL) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Melbourne Airport", another name for MEL is "Tullamarine Airport".
• In 1988, the Australian Government formed the Federal Airports Corporation, placing Melbourne Airport under the operational control of the new corporation along with 21 other airports around the nation.
• Melbourne Airport handled 2,998,000 passengers last year.
• On 1 July 1970, Melbourne Airport was opened to international operations by Prime Minister John Gorton, ending Essendon's near 2-decade run as Melbourne International Airport.
• The search for a replacement for Essendon commenced in February 1958, when a panel was appointed to assess Melbourne's civil aviation needs.
• 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.
• In late 1989, Federal Airports Corporation Inspector A.