Nonstop flight route between Mexico City, Mexico and Ihu, Papua New Guinea:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Benito Juarez International Airport (MEX), Mexico City, Mexico and Ihu Airport (IHU), Ihu, Papua New Guinea would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,059 miles (or 12,969 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 Benito Juarez International Airport and Ihu 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 Benito Juarez International Airport and Ihu Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MEX / MMMX |
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Location: | Mexico City, Mexico |
GPS Coordinates: | 19°26'9"N by 99°4'18"W |
Area Served: | Mexico City, Mexico |
Operator/Owner: | Grupo Aeroportuario de la Ciudad de México |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 7316 feet (2,230 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from MEX |
More Information: | MEX Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | IHU / |
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Location: | Ihu, Papua New Guinea |
GPS Coordinates: | 7°54'0"S by 145°24'0"E |
Elevation: | 40 feet (12 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from IHU |
More Information: | IHU Maps & Info |
Facts about Benito Juarez International Airport (MEX):
- The furthest airport from Benito Juarez International Airport (MEX) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,294 miles (18,175 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- On November 15, 2007, Terminal 2 was opened, significantly increasing the airport's capacity.
- Benito Juarez International Airport handled 3,277,957 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Benito Juarez International Airport", another name for MEX is "Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez".
- A new Immigration area was built in the lower level.
- Renovations to the AICM continued and on April 11, 1994, a new International Terminal building was ready and operational.
- Because of Benito Juarez International Airport's high elevation of 7,316 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at MEX. Combined with a high temperature, this could make MEX a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The closest airport to Benito Juarez International Airport (MEX) is Santa Lucía Air Force Base (NLU), which is located 22 miles (36 kilometers) N of MEX.
- Located at the neighborhood of Peñón de los Baños within Venustiano Carranza, one of the sixteen boroughs into which Mexico's Federal District is divided, the airport is 5 km east from Downtown Mexico City and is surrounded by the built-up areas of Gustavo A.
- Benito Juarez International Airport (MEX) has 2 runways.
Facts about Ihu Airport (IHU):
- The closest airport to Ihu Airport (IHU) is Kerema Airport (KMA), which is located 26 miles (41 kilometers) E of IHU.
- Ihu Airport (IHU) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Ihu Airport (IHU) is Governador Carlos Wilson Airport (FEN), which is located 11,611 miles (18,686 kilometers) away in Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil.
- Because of Ihu Airport's relatively low elevation of 40 feet, planes can take off or land at Ihu 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.
- In addition to being known as "Ihu Airport", another name for IHU is "AYIH".