Nonstop flight route between Hof, Bavaria, Germany and Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Hof–Plauen Airport (HOQ), Hof, Bavaria, Germany and Alula Aba Nega Airport (MQX), Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,982 miles (or 4,800 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 Hof–Plauen Airport and Alula Aba Nega 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 Hof–Plauen Airport and Alula Aba Nega Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HOQ / EDQM |
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Location: | Hof, Bavaria, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 50°17'23"N by 11°51'23"E |
Area Served: | Hof, Germany |
Operator/Owner: | Flughafen Hof-Plauen GmbH |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1958 feet (597 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from HOQ |
More Information: | HOQ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MQX / HAMK |
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Location: | Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia |
GPS Coordinates: | 13°28'1"N by 39°31'59"E |
Area Served: | Mek'ele, Ethiopia |
Operator/Owner: | Ethiopian Airports Enterprise |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 7406 feet (2,257 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MQX |
More Information: | MQX Maps & Info |
Facts about Hof–Plauen Airport (HOQ):
- In addition to being known as "Hof–Plauen Airport", other names for HOQ include "Flughafen Hof–Plauen" and "Hof–Plauen Airport".
- The closest airport to Hof–Plauen Airport (HOQ) is Bindlacher Berg Airport (BYU), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) SSW of HOQ.
- Hof–Plauen Airport (HOQ) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Hof–Plauen Airport (HOQ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,843 miles (19,059 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
Facts about Alula Aba Nega Airport (MQX):
- On 22 August 1982, Douglas DC-3 ET-AHP of Ethiopian Airlines was damaged beyond repair in a take-off accident.
- The furthest airport from Alula Aba Nega Airport (MQX) is Fangatau Airport (FGU), which is nearly antipodal to Alula Aba Nega Airport (meaning Alula Aba Nega Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Fangatau Airport), and is located 12,272 miles (19,750 kilometers) away in Fangatau, French Polynesia.
- The closest airport to Alula Aba Nega Airport (MQX) is Axum Emperor Yohannes IV Airport (AXU), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) NW of MQX.
- In addition to being known as "Alula Aba Nega Airport", another name for MQX is "አሉላ አባ ነጋ ዓለም አቀፍ የአየር ማረፊያ".
- Because of Alula Aba Nega Airport's high elevation of 7,406 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at MQX. Combined with a high temperature, this could make MQX a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Alula Aba Nega Airport handled 112,060 passengers last year.
- Alula Aba Nega Airport (MQX) currently has only 1 runway.
- This airport was built in the late 1990s to replace an older one located 7 km from Mek'ele.