Nonstop flight route between Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico and Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lic. y Gen. Ignacio Lopez Rayon International Airport (UPN), Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico and Alice Springs Airport (ASP), Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,852 miles (or 14,247 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 Lic. y Gen. Ignacio Lopez Rayon International Airport and Alice Springs 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 Lic. y Gen. Ignacio Lopez Rayon International Airport and Alice Springs Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Lic. y Gen. Ignacio Lopez Rayon International Airport (UPN):

• The furthest airport from Lic. y Gen. Ignacio Lopez Rayon International Airport (UPN) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,486 miles (18,485 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Because of Lic. y Gen. Ignacio Lopez Rayon International Airport's high elevation of 5,258 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at UPN. Combined with a high temperature, this could make UPN a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• In addition to being known as "Lic. y Gen. Ignacio Lopez Rayon International Airport", another name for UPN is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Uruapan".
• The closest airport to Lic. y Gen. Ignacio Lopez Rayon International Airport (UPN) is General Francisco Mujica International Airport (MLM), which is located 73 miles (118 kilometers) ENE of UPN.
• Lic. y Gen. Ignacio Lopez Rayon International Airport (UPN) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Alice Springs Airport (ASP):

• In 1958 it officially became Alice Springs Airport.
• The closest airport to Alice Springs Airport (ASP) is Cowra Airport (CWT), which is located 44 miles (71 kilometers) E of ASP.
• During 2010–11 a total of 640,519 domestic passengers passed through Alice Springs Airport making it the 18th busiest in Australia.
• Seven Mile Aerodrome was originally built in 1940 by the Australian Department of Defence and was used primarily by the Royal Australian Air Force and the United States Air Force, to bring troops and supplies into the area.
• Alice Springs Airport (ASP) has 2 runways.
• Former airlines to fly to and from Alice Springs Airport include Ansett and Virgin Australia
• The furthest airport from Alice Springs Airport (ASP) is Barbuda Codrington Airport (BBQ), which is located 11,336 miles (18,243 kilometers) away in Codrington, Barbuda, Antigua and Barbuda.
• Alice Springs Airport handled 598,749 passengers last year.
• The facility is to be operated by Asia Pacific Aircraft Storage Ltd which chose Alice Springs because its dry, arid climate is perfect for aircraft storage and preservation.
• The airport has two runways, the largest of which can accommodate a Boeing 747 or 777 landing.