What is the distance from BARNE to MHZ?

What is the distance from BARNE to MHZ?

• A. 50 miles
• B. 55 miles
• C. 54 miles
• D. 53 miles

Answer: (D)

The distance between two fixes is the leg length of the published route that connects them. On an IFR enroute chart or MAP reference, you read this distance directly from the segment between the fixes, and that value is used for timing and fuel planning. For the leg from BARNE to MHZ, the chart shows 53 miles along that route segment, so that is the distance you’d use. If you ever had to verify from coordinates, you’d compute the great-circle distance, but the charted leg distance is the standard reference for this pair of fixes.

The distance between two fixes is the leg length of the published route that connects them. On an IFR enroute chart or MAP reference, you read this distance directly from the segment between the fixes, and that value is used for timing and fuel planning.

For the leg from BARNE to MHZ, the chart shows 53 miles along that route segment, so that is the distance you’d use. If you ever had to verify from coordinates, you’d compute the great-circle distance, but the charted leg distance is the standard reference for this pair of fixes.