AirportsMount Hotham Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Mount Hotham, in Victoria, Australia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is MHU.
Key facts
- IATA code
- MHU
- ICAO code
- YHOT
- City
- Mount Hotham
- State or region
- Victoria
- Country
- Australia
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 37.0475° S, 147.3340° E
- Elevation
- 1,298 m (4,260 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,451 m (4,762 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, MHU means Mount Hotham Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: YHOT. ICAO codes that begin with Y belong to Australia. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 37.0475° S, 147.3340° E. It stands 1,298 metres (4,260 feet) above sea level. The nearest town in our data is Bairnsdale, about 90 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Australia/Melbourne, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Mount Hotham Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,451 metres (4,762 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 156 airports of Australia on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 121.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 1,451 m 4,762 ft | 30 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Albury AirportEast Albury | ABX | 114 km |
| Cooma Snowy Mountains AirportCooma | OOM | 168 km |
| Wagga Wagga AirportForest Hill | WGA | 210 km |
| Melbourne Moorabbin AirportMelbourne | MBW | 223 km |
| Melbourne Essendon AirportEssendon Fields | MEB | 228 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 10,332 km | 12 h 55 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 9,976 km | 12 h 30 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,827 km | 14 h 45 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 17,027 km | 21 h 00 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 16,465 km | 20 h 20 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 12,529 km | 15 h 35 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 6,174 km | 7 h 55 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 8,110 km | 10 h 15 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 490 km | 1 h 05 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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