Nonstop flight route between Zürich, Switzerland and Mopti, Mali:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Zurich Airport (ZRH), Zürich, Switzerland and Mopti Airport Ambodedjo Airport (MZI), Mopti, Mali would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,390 miles (or 3,846 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 relatively short distance between Zurich Airport and Mopti Airport Ambodedjo Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Zurich Airport (ZRH):

• Zurich Airport (ZRH) has 4 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Zurich Airport", another name for ZRH is "Flughafen Zürich".
• A treaty was signed in 2001, regarding the limitation of flights over Germany.
• The ground-side terminal complex comprises several buildings, and includes several airline check-in areas, a shopping mall, a railway station, car parks, and a bus and tram terminal.
• The airport is owned by Flughafen Zürich AG, a company quoted on the SIX Swiss Exchange.
• Zurich Airport railway station is located underneath the terminal.
• The closest airport to Zurich Airport (ZRH) is Emmen Swiss Air Base (EML), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) SSW of ZRH.
• The first flight abroad from Switzerland was on July 21, 1921, but the search for a location for a major airport wasn’t started until 1943 inside the Canton of Zürich.
• In front of the terminal is a regional bus station and the airport stop of the Stadtbahn Glattal, a light rail system.
• The furthest airport from Zurich Airport (ZRH) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Zurich Airport (meaning Zurich Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,087 miles (19,453 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Zurich Airport handled 24,865,138 passengers last year.

Facts about Mopti Airport Ambodedjo Airport (MZI):

• The closest airport to Mopti Airport Ambodedjo Airport (MZI) is Tougan Airport (TUQ), which is located 121 miles (195 kilometers) SE of MZI.
• Because of Mopti Airport Ambodedjo Airport's relatively low elevation of 906 feet, planes can take off or land at Mopti Airport Ambodedjo 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.
• Mopti Airport Ambodedjo Airport (MZI) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Mopti Airport Ambodedjo Airport (MZI) is Yasawa Island Airport (YAS), which is nearly antipodal to Mopti Airport Ambodedjo Airport (meaning Mopti Airport Ambodedjo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Yasawa Island Airport), and is located 12,248 miles (19,711 kilometers) away in Yasawa Island, Fiji.