Nonstop flight route between Atlanta, Georgia, United States and Tauranga, New Zealand:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between DeKalb–Peachtree Airport (PDK), Atlanta, Georgia, United States and Tauranga Airport (TRG), Tauranga, New Zealand would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,062 miles (or 12,975 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 DeKalb–Peachtree Airport and Tauranga 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 DeKalb–Peachtree Airport and Tauranga Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about DeKalb–Peachtree Airport (PDK):

• DeKalb–Peachtree Airport (PDK) has 4 runways.
• In 1997, DeKalb Peachtree Airport was one of the largest tax contributors of DeKalb County, behind The Southern Company and Bellsouth but receives no taxpayer dollars for operations.
• Epps Aviation, the airport's full service fixed-base operator is located on 21 acres in a modern facility, elsewhere on the airport grounds.
• As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 1,784 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 393 enplanements in 2009, and 463 in 2010.
• The closest airport to DeKalb–Peachtree Airport (PDK) is Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) WNW of PDK.
• The furthest airport from DeKalb–Peachtree Airport (PDK) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,326 miles (18,227 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.

Facts about Tauranga Airport (TRG):

• The furthest airport from Tauranga Airport (TRG) is Granada Airport (GRX), which is nearly antipodal to Tauranga Airport (meaning Tauranga Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Granada Airport), and is located 12,403 miles (19,961 kilometers) away in Granada, Spain.
• Tauranga Airport is located within a Control Zone which is controlled by Tauranga Tower.
• In 2006 a study into the feasibility of a new airport at Paengaroa or Payes Pa was produced, but Tauranga Airport is yet to reach full operational capacity.
• Because of Tauranga Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Tauranga 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 Tauranga Airport (TRG) is Matamata Airport (MTA), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) W of TRG.
• Tauranga airport is the fifth busiest airport in New Zealand in terms of aircraft movements, with 86,935 movements during 2010.
• Tauranga Airport is the current location for the Sportavex biennial fly-in and airshow.
• Tauranga Airport (TRG) has 4 runways.