Nonstop flight route between Bol, Chad and Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Bol-Berim Airport (OTC), Bol, Chad and Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ), Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,196 miles (or 16,409 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 Bol-Berim 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 Bol-Berim 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: | OTC / FTTL |
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Location: | Bol, Chad |
GPS Coordinates: | 13°26'36"N by 14°44'21"E |
Area Served: | Bol |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 958 feet (292 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from OTC |
More Information: | OTC 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 Bol-Berim Airport (OTC):
- Because of Bol-Berim Airport's relatively low elevation of 958 feet, planes can take off or land at Bol-Berim 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.
- The furthest airport from Bol-Berim Airport (OTC) is Fitiuta Airport (FTI), which is nearly antipodal to Bol-Berim Airport (meaning Bol-Berim Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Fitiuta Airport), and is located 12,152 miles (19,557 kilometers) away in Fiti‘uta, American Samoa, United States.
- The closest airport to Bol-Berim Airport (OTC) is Mao Airport (AMO), which is located 62 miles (100 kilometers) NE of OTC.
- Bol-Berim Airport (OTC) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Bol-Berim Airport", another name for OTC is "Bol-Berim Airport (Bol)".
Facts about Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ):
- Interest in providing commercial flights at Paraparaumu reignited because the Kapiti coast is one of New Zealand's fastest growing regional centres.
- 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.
- New Zealand's Civil Aviation Authority has recently approved the airport after identifying approach obstruction issues.
- Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) has 3 runways.
- 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.
- 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.
- The closest airport to Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) is Wellington International Airport (WLG), which is located 31 miles (49 kilometers) SSW of PPQ.
- On 24 October 2011, Air Nelson, a subsidiary of Air New Zealand, commenced flights between Auckland and Paraparaumu.