Nonstop flight route between Halls Creek, Western Australia, Australia and Mountain View, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Halls Creek Airport (HCQ), Halls Creek, Western Australia, Australia and Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ), Mountain View, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,073 miles (or 12,993 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 Halls Creek Airport and Moffett Federal Airfield, 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 Halls Creek Airport and Moffett Federal Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HCQ / YHLC |
Airport Name: | Halls Creek Airport |
Location: | Halls Creek, Western Australia, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 18°14'2"S by 127°40'10"E |
Operator/Owner: | Shire of Halls Creek |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1346 feet (410 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from HCQ |
More Information: | HCQ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NUQ / KNUQ |
Airport Name: | Moffett Federal Airfield |
Location: | Mountain View, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 37°24'53"N by 122°2'53"W |
Operator/Owner: | NASA Ames Research Center |
Airport Type: | Private |
Elevation: | 32 feet (10 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from NUQ |
More Information: | NUQ Maps & Info |
Facts about Halls Creek Airport (HCQ):
- The closest airport to Halls Creek Airport (HCQ) is Springvale Airport (ZVG), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) N of HCQ.
- Halls Creek Airport (HCQ) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Halls Creek Airport (HCQ) is Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI), which is located 11,842 miles (19,058 kilometers) away in Bridgetown, Barbados.
Facts about Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ):
- Restoration On April 21, 2011, crews began stripping the PCB-laced exterior panels of Hangar One.
- The airship hangar's interior is so large that fog sometimes forms near the ceiling.
- Because of Moffett Federal Airfield's relatively low elevation of 32 feet, planes can take off or land at Moffett Federal Airfield 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 closest airport to Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ) is Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County (PAO), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NW of NUQ.
- Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ) has 2 runways.
- Moffett Federal Airfield, also known as Moffett Field, is a joint civil-military airport located between southern Mountain View and northern Sunnyvale, California, USA.
- On 1 July 1994, NAS Moffett Field was closed as a naval air station and turned over to the NASA Ames Research Center.
- Narrow gauge tracks run through the length of the hangar.
- The furthest airport from Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,365 miles (18,290 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- After the crashing of the Macon on 12 February 1935, the Navy wanted to close Moffett Field due to its high cost of operations.