Nonstop flight route between Huntsville / Decatur, Alabama, United States and Khatanga, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Huntsville International Airport (HSV), Huntsville / Decatur, Alabama, United States and Khatanga (HTG), Khatanga, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,057 miles (or 8,139 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 Huntsville International Airport and Khatanga, 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 Huntsville International Airport and Khatanga. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Huntsville International Airport (HSV):

• Huntsville International Airport is a public airport ten miles southwest of downtown Huntsville, in Madison County, Alabama, United States.
• In addition to being known as "Huntsville International Airport", another name for HSV is "Carl T. Jones Field".
• Because of Huntsville International Airport's relatively low elevation of 629 feet, planes can take off or land at Huntsville International 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.
• Huntsville International Airport is served by four airlines representing the three international airline alliances.
• United Airlines also recognized the importance of Huntsville to the NASA space program and started nonstop Boeing 727-100s to Los Angeles in 1969.
• Currently only American Airlines and Delta Air Lines operate main line jets into the airport.
• Huntsville International Airport (HSV) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Huntsville International Airport (HSV) is Redstone Army Airfield (AAF) (HUA), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) ENE of HSV.
• This airport is in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which called it a primary commercial service airport.Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 612,690 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 572,767 in 2009 and 606,127 in 2010.
• The furthest airport from Huntsville International Airport (HSV) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,189 miles (18,008 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.

Facts about Khatanga (HTG):

• The closest airport to Khatanga (HTG) is Olenyok Airport (ONK), which is located 333 miles (536 kilometers) SE of HTG.
• Because of Khatanga's relatively low elevation of 98 feet, planes can take off or land at Khatanga 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 Khatanga (HTG) is Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM), which is located 11,605 miles (18,676 kilometers) away in Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica.
• Khatanga (HTG) currently has only 1 runway.