Horizon distance graphs
Graphs of distances to the true horizon on Earth for a given height above sea level, ''h'' by CMG Lee. ''s'' is along the surface of the Earth, ''d'' is the straight line distance, and ''~d'' is the approximate straight line distance assuming ''h'' << the radius of the Earth, 6371 km. In the SVG image, hover over a graph to highlight it.
h
d
s
1 m
10 m
100 m
1 km
10 km
100 km
1 000 km
10 000 km
100 000 km
10 km
100 km
1 000 km
10 000 km
100 000 km
h
h
1 ft
10 ft
100 ft
1 000 ft
10 000 ft
100 000 ft
500 000 ft
100 mi
1 000 mi
10 000 mi
100 000 mi
1 mi
10 mi
100 mi
1 000 mi
standing human adult
standing on 3 m diving platform
standing on 10 m diving platform
top of Nelson's Column
top of Eiffel Tower
top of Burj Khalifa
top of Mauna Kea
top of Mount Everest
airliner at cruise
Concorde at cruise
Alan Eustace's jump
Kármán line
International Space Station
Inspiration4
GPS satellite
Geosynchronous Earth Orbit
d
~d
s