Nonstop flight route between Mount Hotham, Victoria, Australia and Coningsby, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Mount Hotham Airport (MHU), Mount Hotham, Victoria, Australia and RAF Coningsby (QCY), Coningsby, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,528 miles (or 16,943 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 Mount Hotham Airport and RAF Coningsby, 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 Mount Hotham Airport and RAF Coningsby. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MHU / YHOT |
Airport Name: | Mount Hotham Airport |
Location: | Mount Hotham, Victoria, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 37°2'50"S by 147°20'3"E |
Operator/Owner: | MHSC Transportation Services Pty Ltd. |
Airport Type: | Private |
Elevation: | 4260 feet (1,298 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MHU |
More Information: | MHU Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | QCY / EGXC |
Airport Name: | RAF Coningsby |
Location: | Coningsby, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 53°5'35"N by 0°9'57"W |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
View all routes: | Routes from QCY |
More Information: | QCY Maps & Info |
Facts about Mount Hotham Airport (MHU):
- The closest airport to Mount Hotham Airport (MHU) is Bairnsdale Aerodrome (BSJ), which is located 59 miles (96 kilometers) SSE of MHU.
- Mount Hotham Airport (MHU) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Mount Hotham Airport (MHU) is Flores Airport (FLW), which is nearly antipodal to Mount Hotham Airport (meaning Mount Hotham Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Flores Airport), and is located 12,251 miles (19,715 kilometers) away in Flores Island, Azores, Portugal.
- On 8 July 2005, a Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain charter plane crashed into terrain while attempting to make a landing at the airport, killing the pilot and two passengers.
- Because of Mount Hotham Airport's high elevation of 4,260 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at MHU. Combined with a high temperature, this could make MHU a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
Facts about RAF Coningsby (QCY):
- The TSR2's intended replacement — the General Dynamics F-111 — was shelved when its costs overshot the UK's budget.
- The base received its first jet aircraft — the English Electric Canberra — in 1953.
- The closest airport to RAF Coningsby (QCY) is RAF Binbrook (GSY), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) N of QCY.
- The Phantom's role changed to air defence in October 1974 when the base joined 11 Group in RAF Strike Command, when the SEPECAT Jaguar took over the ground attack role.
- The furthest airport from RAF Coningsby (QCY) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,781 miles (18,959 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- The station is also home to No.