Nonstop flight route between Woodward, Oklahoma, United States and Melbourne, Victoria, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between West Woodward AirportWoodward Army Airfield (WWR), Woodward, Oklahoma, United States and Essendon Airport (MEB), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,958 miles (or 14,417 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 West Woodward AirportWoodward Army Airfield and Essendon 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 West Woodward AirportWoodward Army Airfield and Essendon Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about West Woodward AirportWoodward Army Airfield (WWR):

• The closest airport to West Woodward AirportWoodward Army Airfield (WWR) is Gage Airport (GAG), which is located only 17 miles (28 kilometers) SW of WWR.
• In the year ending June 2, 2011 the airport had 6,000 general aviation aircraft operations, average 16 per day.
• The furthest airport from West Woodward AirportWoodward Army Airfield (WWR) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,887 miles (17,522 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• 354th Army Air Forces Base Unit
• West Woodward AirportWoodward Army Airfield (WWR) has 2 runways.
• The airport covers 1,310 acres at an elevation of 2,189 feet.

Facts about Essendon Airport (MEB):

• In addition to being known as "Essendon Airport", another name for MEB is "Melbourne/Essendon".
• Because of Essendon Airport's relatively low elevation of 282 feet, planes can take off or land at Essendon 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.
• The major passenger airlines using Essendon in the postwar years until scheduled air services were transferred to Tullamarine were Ansett Airlines and Trans Australia Airlines.
• In 2001, the Commonwealth Government sold its management rights for the airport to Edgelear Pty.
• On 31 January 1945, a heavily-modified Stinson Model A registered VH-UYY and named Tokana, operated by Australian National Airways, departed from Essendon Airport for the daily flight to Kerang.
• The furthest airport from Essendon Airport (MEB) is Flores Airport (FLW), which is nearly antipodal to Essendon Airport (meaning Essendon Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Flores Airport), and is located 12,192 miles (19,620 kilometers) away in Flores Island, Azores, Portugal.
• The airport was extended with additional land during the 1930s.
• The closest airport to Essendon Airport (MEB) is Melbourne Airport (MEL), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NW of MEB.
• Essendon Airport (MEB) has 2 runways.
• The airfield itself also has undergone a major upgrade with the installation of lighting and signage systems to bring the airport to International Civil Aviation Organization standards.
• Essendon became Australia's second, and Melbourne's first international airport in February 1950.