Nonstop flight route between Maxton, North Carolina, United States and Makassar, Indonesia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Laurinburg-Maxton Airport (MXE), Maxton, North Carolina, United States and Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport (SHIAM) (UPG), Makassar, Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,053 miles (or 16,179 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 Laurinburg-Maxton Airport and Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport (SHIAM), 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 Laurinburg-Maxton Airport and Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport (SHIAM). You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Laurinburg-Maxton Airport (MXE):

• Laurinburg-Maxton Airport is a public use airport located three miles north of the central business district of Maxton and east of Laurinburg.
• In addition to being known as "Laurinburg-Maxton Airport", another name for MXE is "MEB".
• Laurinburg-Maxton Airport (MXE) has 2 runways.
• Because of Laurinburg-Maxton Airport's relatively low elevation of 220 feet, planes can take off or land at Laurinburg-Maxton 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 Laurinburg-Maxton Airport (MXE) is Mackall Army Airfield (HFF), which is located only 18 miles (30 kilometers) NNW of MXE.
• In 2006 the forward fuselage of Northwest Airline’s first 747-100 was removed from the aircraft at Maxton by Guard-Lee for installation in the National Air and Space Museum on the National Mall in Washington DC.
• The furthest airport from Laurinburg-Maxton Airport (MXE) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,610 miles (18,685 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.

Facts about Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport (SHIAM) (UPG):

• The airport also houses the Skadron Udara 5 and 11.
• Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport (SHIAM) (UPG) has 2 runways.
• Shuttle airport bus are serving several destination from Sultan Hasanuddin Airport, currently it serves by a bus operator, "Damri".
• The closest airport to Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport (SHIAM) (UPG) is Tampa Padang Airport (MJU), which is located 175 miles (281 kilometers) NNW of UPG.
• In addition to being known as "Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport (SHIAM)", another name for UPG is "Bandar Udara Internasional Sultan Hasanuddin (SHIAM)".
• On 8 January 2010, the airport inaugurated its newly built 3100 m runway for commercial flights.
• Because of Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport (SHIAM)'s relatively low elevation of 47 feet, planes can take off or land at Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport (SHIAM) 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 furthest airport from Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport (SHIAM) (UPG) is Lethem Airport (LTM), which is nearly antipodal to Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport (SHIAM) (meaning Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport (SHIAM) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Lethem Airport), and is located 12,312 miles (19,814 kilometers) away in Lethem, Guyana.