Nonstop flight route between Erigavo, Somalia and Nelson, New Zealand:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Erigavo Airport (ERA), Erigavo, Somalia and Nelson AirportTe Papa Waka Rererangi o Whakatū (NSN), Nelson, New Zealand would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,543 miles (or 13,749 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 Erigavo Airport and Nelson AirportTe Papa Waka Rererangi o Whakatū, 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 Erigavo Airport and Nelson AirportTe Papa Waka Rererangi o Whakatū. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ERA / HCMU |
Airport Name: | Erigavo Airport |
Location: | Erigavo, Somalia |
GPS Coordinates: | 10°38'31"N by 47°23'17"E |
Area Served: | Erigavo, Somalia |
Operator/Owner: | Somali Civil Aviation Authority |
Elevation: | 5720 feet (1,743 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from ERA |
More Information: | ERA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NSN / NZNS |
Airport Name: | Nelson AirportTe Papa Waka Rererangi o Whakatū |
Location: | Nelson, New Zealand |
GPS Coordinates: | 41°17'53"S by 173°13'15"E |
Operator/Owner: | Nelson Airport Limited |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 17 feet (5 meters) |
# of Runways: | 4 |
View all routes: | Routes from NSN |
More Information: | NSN Maps & Info |
Facts about Erigavo Airport (ERA):
- The closest airport to Erigavo Airport (ERA) is Bender Qassim International Airport (BSA), which is located 127 miles (205 kilometers) ENE of ERA.
- Because of Erigavo Airport's high elevation of 5,720 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at ERA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make ERA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Erigavo Airport (ERA) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is located 11,997 miles (19,308 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
Facts about Nelson AirportTe Papa Waka Rererangi o Whakatū (NSN):
- Nelson AirportTe Papa Waka Rererangi o Whakatū (NSN) has 4 runways.
- Nelson AirportTe Papa Waka Rererangi o Whakatū handled 776,448 passengers last year.
- Construction of Nelson Airport commenced in 1937.
- The furthest airport from Nelson AirportTe Papa Waka Rererangi o Whakatū (NSN) is Bragança Airport (BGC), which is nearly antipodal to Nelson AirportTe Papa Waka Rererangi o Whakatū (meaning Nelson AirportTe Papa Waka Rererangi o Whakatū is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Bragança Airport), and is located 12,398 miles (19,953 kilometers) away in Bragança, Portugal.
- On 17 September 2013, the idea for a potential Auckland, Nelson and Queenstown air link was raised with Air New Zealand's chief executive.
- Nelson Airport ) is an airport in Nelson, New Zealand.
- Because of Nelson AirportTe Papa Waka Rererangi o Whakatū's relatively low elevation of 17 feet, planes can take off or land at Nelson AirportTe Papa Waka Rererangi o Whakatū 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.
- Nelson airport is the home base of Air Nelson operating under the Air NZ Link banner, which operates a fleet of Bombardier Dash 8 Q300s on national air routes.
- The closest airport to Nelson AirportTe Papa Waka Rererangi o Whakatū (NSN) is Motueka Aerodrome (MZP), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) NW of NSN.