Nonstop flight route between Hughes, Alaska, United States and Pisa, Italy:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Hughes Airport (HUS), Hughes, Alaska, United States and Pisa International Airport (PSA), Pisa, Italy would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,812 miles (or 7,743 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 Pisa International 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 Pisa International 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: | PSA / LIRP |
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Location: | Pisa, Italy |
GPS Coordinates: | 43°41'2"N by 10°23'33"E |
Area Served: | Pisa, Italy |
Operator/Owner: | Aeronautica Militare Italiana / Società Aeroporto Toscano S.p.A. |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 6 feet (2 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from PSA |
More Information: | PSA Maps & Info |
Facts about Hughes Airport (HUS):
- Hughes Airport has one runway with a gravel surface measuring 3,380 by 100 feet.
- Hughes Airport (HUS) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Hughes Airport (HUS) is Indian Mountain LRRS Airport (UTO), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) E of HUS.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Facts about Pisa International Airport (PSA):
- The airport resides at an elevation of 6 feet above mean sea level.
- The furthest airport from Pisa International Airport (PSA) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Pisa International Airport (meaning Pisa International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,095 miles (19,465 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Pisa International Airport (PSA) is Florence Airport, Peretola (FLR), which is located 41 miles (67 kilometers) ENE of PSA.
- On 23 November 2009, Italian Air Force Lockheed KC-130J Hercules MM62176 of the based 46 Aerobrigata crashed just after take-off.
- Pisa International Airport handled 4,494,915 passengers last year.
- Pisa International Airport, formerly Galileo Galilei Airport and San Giusto Airport is an airport located in Pisa, Italy.
- Because of Pisa International Airport's relatively low elevation of 6 feet, planes can take off or land at Pisa International 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.
- Pisa International Airport (PSA) has 2 runways.
- Besides civilian operations, the airport is also used extensively by the Aeronautica Militare and is a base for, amongst others, the C-130 Hercules and C-27J Spartan transport aircraft.
- In 2006 and 2007 the airport was the fastest growing among Italy's top 15 airports with passenger numbers up 30% in 2006 and 24% in 2007.
- In addition to being known as "Pisa International Airport", another name for PSA is "Aeroporto Internazionale di Pisa".