Nonstop flight route between Mount Hotham, Victoria, Australia and Djumu (Djoemoe), Suriname:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mount Hotham Airport (MHU), Mount Hotham, Victoria, Australia and Djoemoe Airstrip (DOE), Djumu (Djoemoe), Suriname would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,735 miles (or 15,667 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 Mount Hotham Airport and Djoemoe Airstrip, 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 Djoemoe Airstrip. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

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.
• 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.
• Mount Hotham Airport is a small Australian regional airport, which serves the Victorian ski resort of Mount Hotham.
• The closest airport to Mount Hotham Airport (MHU) is Bairnsdale Aerodrome (BSJ), which is located 59 miles (96 kilometers) SSE of MHU.
• 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.
• Mount Hotham Airport (MHU) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Djoemoe Airstrip (DOE):

• In addition to being known as "Djoemoe Airstrip", another name for DOE is "SMDJ".
• The closest airport to Djoemoe Airstrip (DOE) is Cayana Airstrip (AAJ), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) SW of DOE.
• Because of Djoemoe Airstrip's relatively low elevation of 290 feet, planes can take off or land at Djoemoe Airstrip 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 Djoemoe Airstrip (DOE) is Haluoleo Airport (WMA) (KDI), which is nearly antipodal to Djoemoe Airstrip (meaning Djoemoe Airstrip is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Haluoleo Airport (WMA)), and is located 12,292 miles (19,782 kilometers) away in Kendari, Indonesia.