Nonstop flight route between Eureka, Nevada, United States and Mount Hotham, Victoria, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Eureka Airport (EUE), Eureka, Nevada, United States and Mount Hotham Airport (MHU), Mount Hotham, Victoria, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,090 miles (or 13,020 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 Eureka Airport and Mount Hotham 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 Eureka Airport and Mount Hotham Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Eureka Airport (EUE):

• The closest airport to Eureka Airport (EUE) is Austin Airport (ASQ), which is located 64 miles (103 kilometers) W of EUE.
• Eureka Airport covers an area of 800 acres at an elevation of 5,958 feet above mean sea level.
• For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2012, the airport had 2,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 166 per month.
• Eureka Airport (EUE) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Eureka Airport's high elevation of 5,958 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at EUE. Combined with a high temperature, this could make EUE a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, which categorizes it as a general aviation facility.
• The furthest airport from Eureka Airport (EUE) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,076 miles (17,825 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• In addition to being known as "Eureka Airport", another name for EUE is "Ø5U".

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.
• 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.
• Mount Hotham Airport is a small Australian regional airport, which serves the Victorian ski resort of Mount Hotham.
• 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.
• Mount Hotham Airport (MHU) currently has only 1 runway.