Nonstop flight route between Hamilton Island, Queensland, Australia and Khatanga, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Great Barrier Reef Airport (HTI), Hamilton Island, Queensland, Australia and Khatanga (HTG), Khatanga, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,738 miles (or 10,844 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 Great Barrier Reef 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 Great Barrier Reef Airport and Khatanga. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Great Barrier Reef Airport (HTI):

• Great Barrier Reef Airport (HTI) currently has only 1 runway.
• Great Barrier Reef Airport handled 457,641 passengers last year.
• The airport suffered heavily in September 2001 with the demise of Ansett Australia, which operated more heavily out of the airport than any other airline with flights to Cairns, Townsville, Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.
• The furthest airport from Great Barrier Reef Airport (HTI) is Agostinho Neto Airport (NTO), which is located 11,990 miles (19,297 kilometers) away in Ponta do Sol, Santo Antão, Cape Verde.
• Because of Great Barrier Reef Airport's relatively low elevation of 15 feet, planes can take off or land at Great Barrier Reef 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.
• *Sydney route included from July 2009
• The closest airport to Great Barrier Reef Airport (HTI) is Whitsunday Airport (WSY), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) WNW of HTI.
• In addition to being known as "Great Barrier Reef Airport", another name for HTI is "Hamilton Island".

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.