Nonstop flight route between Newman, Western Australia, Australia and Tripoli, Libya:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Newman Airport (ZNE), Newman, Western Australia, Australia and Mitiga International Airport (MJI), Tripoli, Libya would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,000 miles (or 12,874 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 Newman Airport and Mitiga 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 Newman Airport and Mitiga International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ZNE / YNWN |
Airport Name: | Newman Airport |
Location: | Newman, Western Australia, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 23°25'4"S by 119°48'10"E |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1724 feet (525 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ZNE |
More Information: | ZNE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MJI / HLLM |
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Location: | Tripoli, Libya |
GPS Coordinates: | 32°53'59"N by 13°16'58"E |
Airport Type: | Joint (public and military) |
Elevation: | 36 feet (11 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from MJI |
More Information: | MJI Maps & Info |
Facts about Newman Airport (ZNE):
- The furthest airport from Newman Airport (ZNE) is Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport (AXA), which is nearly antipodal to Newman Airport (meaning Newman Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport), and is located 12,032 miles (19,364 kilometers) away in The Valley, Anguilla.
- Drag races were held on the airport runway annually.
- Newman Airport (ZNE) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Newman Airport (ZNE) is Barimunya Airport (BYP), which is located 65 miles (105 kilometers) NW of ZNE.
- Newman Airport handled 221,104 passengers last year.
- The new tarmac will be able to support Boeing 737-800 aircraft as well as the current Boeing 717 aircraft making a total capacity of four aircraft.
Facts about Mitiga International Airport (MJI):
- The closest airport to Mitiga International Airport (MJI) is Tripoli International Airport (TIP), which is located only 18 miles (28 kilometers) SSW of MJI.
- Air services to Libya were suspended during the civil war of 2011, airlines have started returning since the situation has stabilised, this included three foreign carriers launching service to Mitiga on a temporary basis, as the main Tripoli International Airport was closed to traffic.
- In addition to being known as "Mitiga International Airport", another name for MJI is "مطار امعيتيقة الدولي".
- Because of Mitiga International Airport's relatively low elevation of 36 feet, planes can take off or land at Mitiga 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.
- The 48 TFW had practiced for years at Wheelus with F-100s and later at Zaragoza AB Spain with F-4D Phantoms and the F-111s for just such a mission.
- Mitiga International Airport (MJI) has 2 runways.
- On 13 March 2011, Ali Atiyya, a colonel of the Libyan Air Force at the airport, defected and joined the anti-Gaddafi forces.
- On 21 August 2011, rebels launched an assault on Mitiga as part of a bid to battle loyalist forces in Tripoli, sustaining a number of casualties in the process
- The furthest airport from Mitiga International Airport (MJI) is Rarotonga International Airport (RAR), which is located 11,524 miles (18,546 kilometers) away in Avarua, Cook Islands.
- Of these Tunisair suspended flights to the airport due to a major security lapse, endangering crew and passengers onboard one of their aircraft, they have now resumed service to Tripoli International.
- After 1970, the facility was known as Okba Ben Nafi Air Base, a Libyan People's Air Force installation.
- During the 2011 Libyan civil war, the The Times and The Guardian reported claims that the airport had been taken over by protestors opposed to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.