Nonstop flight route between Horsham, Victoria, Australia and Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Horsham Airport (HSM), Horsham, Victoria, Australia and Iqaluit Airport (YFB), Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,170 miles (or 16,367 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 Horsham Airport and Iqaluit 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 Horsham Airport and Iqaluit Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Horsham Airport (HSM):

• The closest airport to Horsham Airport (HSM) is Ararat Airport (ARY), which is located 63 miles (102 kilometers) SE of HSM.
• Because of Horsham Airport's relatively low elevation of 445 feet, planes can take off or land at Horsham 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 Horsham Airport (HSM) is Flores Airport (FLW), which is nearly antipodal to Horsham Airport (meaning Horsham Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Flores Airport), and is located 12,025 miles (19,352 kilometers) away in Flores Island, Azores, Portugal.
• Horsham Airport (HSM) has 2 runways.

Facts about Iqaluit Airport (YFB):

• Because of Iqaluit Airport's relatively low elevation of 110 feet, planes can take off or land at Iqaluit 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 Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger jet, conducted cold weather testing from Iqaluit Airport during February 2006 - its first North American visit.
• Iqaluit Airport (YFB) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Iqaluit Airport (YFB) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 10,428 miles (16,782 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Iqaluit Airport (YFB) is Kimmirut Airport (YLC), which is located 75 miles (121 kilometers) SSW of YFB.
• The airport serves as a diversion airport on Polar routes.
• Multiple flights have been diverted to Iqaluit Airport due to passenger medical emergencies.
• Through the 1960s, Nordair was the main airline serving Frobisher Bay from Montreal, 1,100 nautical miles to the south.