Nonstop flight route between Hughes, Alaska, United States and Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Hughes Airport (HUS), Hughes, Alaska, United States and Dundee Airport (DND), Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,842 miles (or 6,183 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 Hughes Airport and Dundee 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 Hughes Airport and Dundee Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HUS / PAHU |
Airport Name: | Hughes Airport |
Location: | Hughes, Alaska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 66°2'21"N by 154°15'52"W |
Area Served: | Hughes, Alaska |
Operator/Owner: | State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 299 feet (91 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from HUS |
More Information: | HUS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DND / EGPN |
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Location: | Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 56°27'9"N by 3°1'32"W |
Area Served: | Dundee |
Operator/Owner: | Highlands and Islands Airports Limited |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 17 feet (5 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from DND |
More Information: | DND Maps & Info |
Facts about Hughes Airport (HUS):
- Because of Hughes Airport's relatively low elevation of 299 feet, planes can take off or land at Hughes 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 furthest airport from Hughes Airport (HUS) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,222 miles (16,451 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
- The closest airport to Hughes Airport (HUS) is Indian Mountain LRRS Airport (UTO), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) E of HUS.
- As per Federal Aviation Administration records, this airport had 1,148 passenger boardings in calendar year 2007, an increase of 1% from the 1,137 enplanements in 2006.
- Hughes Airport (HUS) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Dundee Airport (DND):
- Dundee Airport (DND) currently has only 1 runway.
- However, on the 22nd of January 2014, HIAL announced that Loganair would take over from City Jet and commence twice-daily flights to Stansted once the London City route was withdrawn in March of the same year.
- The grass runway was replaced by a 1,100 m long tarmac runway in the 1970s and extended to the current length of 1,400 m in the 1990s.
- Dundee Airport handled 67,269 passengers last year.
- Because of Dundee Airport's relatively low elevation of 17 feet, planes can take off or land at Dundee 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 Dundee Airport (DND) is RAF Leuchars (ADX), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) SE of DND.
- On 3 March 2008, Loganair announced that it would recommence the routes which were operated by FlyWhoosh in May 2008 under the new Flybe franchise.
- The furthest airport from Dundee Airport (DND) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,677 miles (18,791 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
- In October 2012, Loganair announced the closure of flights to Belfast City and Birmingham on behalf of Flybe citing poor load factors and high fuel costs as the reason for closure leaving CityJet with its route to London-City as the only scheduled carrier in Dundee.
- The airport lies on the main A85 Riverside Drive, which links the city centre to the Kingsway and the A90, with the airport barely a couple of kilometers from the city centre itself.
- In addition to being known as "Dundee Airport", another name for DND is "Port-adhair Dhùn Dèagh".
- In December 2013, CityJet announced it would be dropping the last remaining scheduled route from Dundee to London City Airport in March 2014, putting the airport's future in doubt.