Nonstop flight route between Dinder, Sudan and Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Galegu Airport (DNX), Dinder, Sudan and Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ), Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,325 miles (or 15,007 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 Galegu Airport and Kapiti Coast 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 Galegu Airport and Kapiti Coast Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DNX / HSGG |
Airport Name: | Galegu Airport |
Location: | Dinder, Sudan |
GPS Coordinates: | 12°31'58"N by 35°4'1"E |
Area Served: | Dinder |
View all routes: | Routes from DNX |
More Information: | DNX Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PPQ / NZPP |
Airport Name: | Kapiti Coast Airport |
Location: | Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°54'16"S by 174°59'21"E |
Airport Type: | Attended, Uncontrolled, Certificated Aerodrome |
Elevation: | 22 feet (7 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from PPQ |
More Information: | PPQ Maps & Info |
Facts about Galegu Airport (DNX):
- The closest airport to Galegu Airport (DNX) is Humera Airport (HUE), which is located 151 miles (244 kilometers) NE of DNX.
- The furthest airport from Galegu Airport (DNX) is Manihi Airport (XMH), which is nearly antipodal to Galegu Airport (meaning Galegu Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Manihi Airport), and is located 12,285 miles (19,770 kilometers) away in Manihi, French Polynesia.
Facts about Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ):
- The closest airport to Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) is Wellington International Airport (WLG), which is located 31 miles (49 kilometers) SSW of PPQ.
- Interest in providing commercial flights at Paraparaumu reignited because the Kapiti coast is one of New Zealand's fastest growing regional centres.
- Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) has 3 runways.
- On 17 February 2008, above an adjacent hardware store, Placemakers, there was a triple-fatality mid-air collision between a Cessna 152 and a helicopter, both of which plummeted from approximately 1500 ft, the helicopter into the store and the plane into a nearby street.
- The furthest airport from Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) is Salamanca-Matacán Airport (SLM), which is nearly antipodal to Kapiti Coast Airport (meaning Kapiti Coast Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Salamanca-Matacán Airport), and is located 12,411 miles (19,973 kilometers) away in Salamanca, Spain.
- New Zealand's Civil Aviation Authority has recently approved the airport after identifying approach obstruction issues.
- Because of Kapiti Coast Airport's relatively low elevation of 22 feet, planes can take off or land at Kapiti Coast 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.
- This re-development was spurred by interest from Air New Zealand to operate Q300 aircraft.