Nonstop flight route between Yuncheng, China and Melbourne, Victoria, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Yuncheng Guangong Airport (YCU), Yuncheng, China and Melbourne Airport (MEL), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,476 miles (or 8,813 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 Yuncheng Guangong 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 Yuncheng Guangong 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 Yuncheng Guangong Airport (YCU):

• The closest airport to Yuncheng Guangong Airport (YCU) is Luoyang Beijiao Airport (LYA), which is located 81 miles (130 kilometers) ESE of YCU.
• The airport was opened in February 2005, and expansion was started in May 2007 and completed in August 2008, with a total investment of 350 million yuan.
• Yuncheng Guangong Airport is an airport serving the city of Yuncheng in Shanxi Province, China.
• In addition to being known as "Yuncheng Guangong Airport", other names for YCU include "运城关公机场" and "Yùnchéng Guāngōng Jīchǎng".
• The furthest airport from Yuncheng Guangong Airport (YCU) is Comodoro D. Ricardo Salomón Airport (LGS), which is nearly antipodal to Yuncheng Guangong Airport (meaning Yuncheng Guangong Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Comodoro D. Ricardo Salomón Airport), and is located 12,393 miles (19,945 kilometers) away in Malargüe, Mendoza, Argentina.

Facts about Melbourne Airport (MEL):

• 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.
• The closest airport to Melbourne Airport (MEL) is Essendon Airport (MEB), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) SE of MEL.
• 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.
• Melbourne Airport was originally called Tullamarine Airport, after the adjacent suburb of the same name.
• In addition to being known as "Melbourne Airport", another name for MEL is "Tullamarine Airport".
• Expansion of carparks has also continued with a $40 million project commenced in 2004, doubling the size of the short term carpark with the addition of 2,500 spaces over six levels, along with 1,200 new spaces added to the 5,000 already available in the long term carpark.
• 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.
• A$330 million expansion programme for Terminal 2 was announced in 2007.
• Terminal 3 – opened with the airport as the Ansett Australia terminal, but is now owned by Melbourne Airport.
• In May 1959 it was announced that a new airport would be built at Tullamarine, with Prime Minister Robert Menzies announcing on 27 November 1962 a five-year plan to provide Melbourne with a A$45 million "jetport" by 1967.
• The first major upgrades at the airport were carried out at the domestic terminals, with an expansion of the Ansett domestic terminal approved in 1989 and completed in 1991, adding a second pier added for use by smaller regional airlines.
• Melbourne Airport (MEL) has 2 runways.
• Melbourne Airport handled 2,998,000 passengers last year.