Nonstop flight route between Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States and Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Harrisburg International Airport (MDT), Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States and Bathurst Airport (BHS), Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,856 miles (or 15,862 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 Harrisburg International Airport and Bathurst 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 Harrisburg International Airport and Bathurst Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MDT / KMDT |
Airport Name: | Harrisburg International Airport |
Location: | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°11'35"N by 76°45'47"W |
Area Served: | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 310 feet (94 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MDT |
More Information: | MDT Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BHS / YBTH |
Airport Name: | Bathurst Airport |
Location: | Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°24'35"S by 149°39'6"E |
Area Served: | Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia |
Operator/Owner: | Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2435 feet (742 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from BHS |
More Information: | BHS Maps & Info |
Facts about Harrisburg International Airport (MDT):
- Built in 2004, and attached to the new terminal building via a climate-controlled sky bridge, the Multi-Modal Transportation Facility is a four-story facility that handles all ground transportation.
- About 1,400 people work in the system of Harrisburg International Airport.
- Harrisburg International Airport remains an active touch and go practice runway for SAM 28000 and SAM 29000.
- The furthest airport from Harrisburg International Airport (MDT) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,654 miles (18,755 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Harrisburg International Airport (MDT) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Harrisburg International Airport's relatively low elevation of 310 feet, planes can take off or land at Harrisburg 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.
- Despite the closure of Olmsted AFB in 1969, the US Air Force continues an Air National Guard presence at Harrisburg in the form of Harrisburg Air National Guard Station and the Pennsylvania Air National Guard's 193rd Special Operations Wing, an Air Force Special Operations Command -gained unit flying the EC-130 Commando Solo aircraft.
- The closest airport to Harrisburg International Airport (MDT) is Capital City Airport (HAR), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) WNW of MDT.
Facts about Bathurst Airport (BHS):
- The local PJ Moodie Bathurst Aero Club and the PJ Moodie Memorial Drive into the airport facilities are memorials to Alderman PJ Moodie who campaigned constantly for an airfield to be built at Bathurst.
- A chronological list of events that document the development of the airport are listed below.
- Bathurst Airport (BHS) has 2 runways.
- Bathurst Airport handled 26,815 passengers last year.
- On 2 December 1920 one of the earliest flights to land in Bathurst arrived with mail from Sydney.
- Several companies provide charter services from the Bathurst Airport including.
- The closest airport to Bathurst Airport (BHS) is Mudgee Airport (DGE), which is located 59 miles (94 kilometers) N of BHS.
- The furthest airport from Bathurst Airport (BHS) is Horta International Airport (HOR), which is nearly antipodal to Bathurst Airport (meaning Bathurst Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Horta International Airport), and is located 12,072 miles (19,428 kilometers) away in Horta, Azores, Portugal.