Nonstop flight route between Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia and Moorea, Windward Islands, French Polynesia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Broken Hill Airport (BHQ), Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia and Moorea Airport (MOZ), Moorea, Windward Islands, French Polynesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,361 miles (or 7,018 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 Broken Hill Airport and Moorea 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 Broken Hill Airport and Moorea Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Broken Hill Airport (BHQ):

• It is also used extensively by the mining industry.
• The closest airport to Broken Hill Airport (BHQ) is Mildura Airport (MQL), which is located 158 miles (254 kilometers) SSE of BHQ.
• Broken Hill Airport was ranked 51st in Australia for the number of revenue passengers served in financial year 2009-2010.
• Broken Hill Airport handled 63,098 passengers last year.
• Broken Hill Airport (BHQ) has 2 runways.
• Because of Broken Hill Airport's relatively low elevation of 959 feet, planes can take off or land at Broken Hill 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 Broken Hill Airport (BHQ) is Flores Airport (FLW), which is located 11,776 miles (18,951 kilometers) away in Flores Island, Azores, Portugal.
• Broken Hill Airport is an airport located 2.5 nautical miles southeast of Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.

Facts about Moorea Airport (MOZ):

• The airport resides at an elevation of 16 feet above mean sea level.
• The furthest airport from Moorea Airport (MOZ) is El Debba Airport (EDB), which is nearly antipodal to Moorea Airport (meaning Moorea Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from El Debba Airport), and is located 12,377 miles (19,918 kilometers) away in El Debba (Al Dabbah), Sudan.
• The closest airport to Moorea Airport (MOZ) is Fa'a'ā International Airport (PPT), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) ESE of MOZ.
• Moorea Airport (MOZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Moorea Airport's relatively low elevation of 16 feet, planes can take off or land at Moorea 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 "Moorea Airport", other names for MOZ include "Aéroport de Moorea" and "Moorea Temae Airport".
• The Moorea Tour Bus comes to the airport to pick up or drop off people.