Nonstop flight route between Longreach, Queensland, Australia and Hubli, India:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Longreach Airport (LRE), Longreach, Queensland, Australia and Hubli Airport (HBX), Hubli, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,385 miles (or 8,667 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 Longreach Airport and Hubli 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 Longreach Airport and Hubli Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Longreach Airport (LRE):

• Because of Longreach Airport's relatively low elevation of 627 feet, planes can take off or land at Longreach 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.
• In late 1920, the Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Service was founded.
• In 2012, a new terminal was opened to comply with new security regulations.
• The first overland flight across the Australian continent from Melbourne to Darwin passed through the airport in 1919.
• Longreach Airport (LRE) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Longreach Airport (LRE) is Barcaldine Airport (BCI), which is located 66 miles (106 kilometers) E of LRE.
• In 1920, the first single engine aircraft to complete the flight from England to Australia arrived.
• In 2002, Qantas returned to the town, with a Boeing 747-238B aircraft, registered VH-EBQ and named City of Bunbury, flown into the town for static display at the Qantas Founders Outback Museum, which is also sited at the airport.
• In 1990, the Department of Aviation closed the Longreach Flight Service Unit, the descendant of the Aeradio station opened in 1941.
• The furthest airport from Longreach Airport (LRE) is Agostinho Neto Airport (NTO), which is located 11,625 miles (18,709 kilometers) away in Ponta do Sol, Santo Antão, Cape Verde.

Facts about Hubli Airport (HBX):

• Hubli Airport (HBX) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Hubli Airport (HBX) is Belgaum Airport (IXG), which is located 46 miles (75 kilometers) NW of HBX.
• The furthest airport from Hubli Airport (HBX) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,571 miles (18,622 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• In addition to being known as "Hubli Airport", another name for HBX is "VOHB".