Nonstop flight route between Mount Hotham, Victoria, Australia and Daytona Beach, Florida, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Mount Hotham Airport (MHU), Mount Hotham, Victoria, Australia and Daytona Beach International Airport (DAB), Daytona Beach, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,615 miles (or 15,473 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 Mount Hotham Airport and Daytona Beach International 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 Mount Hotham Airport and Daytona Beach International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MHU / YHOT |
Airport Name: | Mount Hotham Airport |
Location: | Mount Hotham, Victoria, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 37°2'50"S by 147°20'3"E |
Operator/Owner: | MHSC Transportation Services Pty Ltd. |
Airport Type: | Private |
Elevation: | 4260 feet (1,298 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MHU |
More Information: | MHU Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DAB / KDAB |
Airport Name: | Daytona Beach International Airport |
Location: | Daytona Beach, Florida, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 29°11'4"N by 81°3'38"W |
Area Served: | Daytona Beach, Florida, US |
Operator/Owner: | County of Volusia |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 33 feet (10 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from DAB |
More Information: | DAB Maps & Info |
Facts about Mount Hotham Airport (MHU):
- Because of Mount Hotham Airport's high elevation of 4,260 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at MHU. Combined with a high temperature, this could make MHU a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Mount Hotham Airport (MHU) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Mount Hotham Airport (MHU) is Bairnsdale Aerodrome (BSJ), which is located 59 miles (96 kilometers) SSE of MHU.
- With massive Qantas cutbacks announced early 2014, Qantaslink will no longer serve Mt Hotham airport, meaning no more scheduled services.
- The furthest airport from Mount Hotham Airport (MHU) is Flores Airport (FLW), which is nearly antipodal to Mount Hotham Airport (meaning Mount Hotham Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Flores Airport), and is located 12,251 miles (19,715 kilometers) away in Flores Island, Azores, Portugal.
- On 8 July 2005, a Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain charter plane crashed into terrain while attempting to make a landing at the airport, killing the pilot and two passengers.
Facts about Daytona Beach International Airport (DAB):
- The closest airport to Daytona Beach International Airport (DAB) is Orlando/Sanford International Airport (SFB), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) SSW of DAB.
- Daytona Beach International Airport is a county-owned airport three miles southwest of Daytona Beach, next to the Daytona International Speedway, in Volusia County, Florida.
- Daytona Beach is served by two carriers, Delta Air Lines flying to Atlanta and New York and US Airways flying nonstop to Charlotte.
- In 1992 a larger two-level terminal opened and the previous terminal was converted to an international arrivals facility.
- In the past Daytona Beach has seen Delta Air Lines from Cincinnati and New York, American Airlines from Raleigh-Durham, LTU International from Düsseldorf, Continental Airlines from Newark, United Airlines from Chicago and Washington DC, and AirTran Airways from Atlanta, Baltimore, and New York City.
- Daytona Beach International Airport (DAB) has 3 runways.
- Ownership reverted to the city of Daytona Beach in 1946.
- The furthest airport from Daytona Beach International Airport (DAB) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,512 miles (18,527 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
- Because of Daytona Beach International Airport's relatively low elevation of 33 feet, planes can take off or land at Daytona Beach 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.
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