Nonstop flight route between Mount Hotham, Victoria, Australia and Kingman, Arizona, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mount Hotham Airport (MHU), Mount Hotham, Victoria, Australia and Kingman Airport (IGM), Kingman, Arizona, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,052 miles (or 12,958 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 Kingman 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 Kingman Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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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.
• With massive Qantas cutbacks announced early 2014, Qantaslink will no longer serve Mt Hotham airport, meaning no more scheduled services.
• 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.

Facts about Kingman Airport (IGM):

• After the war the Reconstruction Finance Corporation established five large storage, sales and scrapping centers for Army Air Forces aircraft.
• The closest airport to Kingman Airport (IGM) is Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport (IFP), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) WSW of IGM.
• In addition to being known as "Kingman Airport", another name for IGM is "(former Kingman Army Airfield)".
• Kingman Airport is a city owned, public use airport located eight nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Kingman, a city in Mohave County, Arizona, United States.
• Kingman Airport (IGM) has 2 runways.
• Most of the transports and trainers could be used in the civil fleet, and trainers were sold for $875 to $2,400.
• The Kingman Army Airfield Historical Society was also established, creating a museum to preserve the field's history with artifacts, photos, and displays.
• Kingman Army Air Field was set up to handle two classes of about 200 students at any one time.
• After 1945 there was no need for a gunnery school - or for the airplanes that carried the guns.
• The furthest airport from Kingman Airport (IGM) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,353 miles (18,271 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.