Nonstop flight route between Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia and Honiara, Guadalcanal Island, Solomon Islands:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Bathurst Airport (BHS), Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia and Honiara International Airport (formerly Henderson Field) (HIR), Honiara, Guadalcanal Island, Solomon Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,784 miles (or 2,871 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 relatively short distance between Bathurst Airport and Honiara International Airport (formerly Henderson Field), the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BHS / YBTH |
Airport Name: | Bathurst Airport |
Location: | Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°24'35"S by 149°39'6"E |
Area Served: | Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia |
Operator/Owner: | Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2435 feet (742 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from BHS |
More Information: | BHS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HIR / AGGH |
Airport Name: | Honiara International Airport (formerly Henderson Field) |
Location: | Honiara, Guadalcanal Island, Solomon Islands |
GPS Coordinates: | 9°25'41"S by 160°3'16"E |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 28 feet (9 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from HIR |
More Information: | HIR Maps & Info |
Facts about Bathurst Airport (BHS):
- Bathurst Airport is an airport serving Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.
- Bathurst Aero Club is a social club and training business founded in 1938 which has a club house beside the passenger terminal.
- The closest airport to Bathurst Airport (BHS) is Mudgee Airport (DGE), which is located 59 miles (94 kilometers) N of BHS.
- Bathurst Airport handled 26,815 passengers last year.
- The airport's history starts between 1937 and 1939 when the municipal council investigated several sites considered suitable for an aerodrome.
- The furthest airport from Bathurst Airport (BHS) is Horta International Airport (HOR), which is nearly antipodal to Bathurst Airport (meaning Bathurst Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Horta International Airport), and is located 12,072 miles (19,428 kilometers) away in Horta, Azores, Portugal.
- On 2 December 1920 one of the earliest flights to land in Bathurst arrived with mail from Sydney.
- There were 8,000 landings in 2010 which include recreational flying, business jets, charters, regular passenger flights, emergency services, and Air Force flights.
- Bathurst Airport (BHS) has 2 runways.
Facts about Honiara International Airport (formerly Henderson Field) (HIR):
- The closest airport to Honiara International Airport (formerly Henderson Field) (HIR) is Mbambanakira Airport (MBU), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) SSW of HIR.
- Control of the airstrip was the focus of months of fighting in the Guadalcanal campaign during World War II.
- Because of Honiara International Airport (formerly Henderson Field)'s relatively low elevation of 28 feet, planes can take off or land at Honiara International Airport (formerly Henderson Field) 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.
- Honiara International Airport (formerly Henderson Field) (HIR) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Honiara International Airport (formerly Henderson Field) (HIR) is Cap Skirring Airport (CSK), which is nearly antipodal to Honiara International Airport (formerly Henderson Field) (meaning Honiara International Airport (formerly Henderson Field) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cap Skirring Airport), and is located 12,138 miles (19,533 kilometers) away in Cap Skirring, Senegal.