Nonstop flight route between Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia and Kingston, Ontario, Canada:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Fa'a'ā International Airport (PPT), Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia and Kingston Airport (YGK), Kingston, Ontario, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,261 miles (or 10,076 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 Fa'a'ā International Airport and Kingston 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 Fa'a'ā International Airport and Kingston Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PPT / NTAA |
Airport Names: |
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Location: | Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia |
GPS Coordinates: | 17°33'24"S by 149°36'41"W |
Area Served: | Tahiti, French Polynesia |
Operator/Owner: | SETIL - Aéroports |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 5 feet (2 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from PPT |
More Information: | PPT Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YGK / CYGK |
Airport Name: | Kingston Airport |
Location: | Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 44°13'32"N by 76°35'48"W |
Operator/Owner: | City of Kingston |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 303 feet (92 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from YGK |
More Information: | YGK Maps & Info |
Facts about Fa'a'ā International Airport (PPT):
- Fa'a'ā International Airport (PPT) currently has only 1 runway.
- Fa'a'ā International Airport is relatively small.
- The Mahina Lounge is a small airside lounge, after the security area.
- Many buses come into the airport from Pape'ete, the main bus being the Fa'a'ā airport shuttle which goes along Tahiti's west coast freeway, which passes in front of the main terminal.
- The furthest airport from Fa'a'ā International Airport (PPT) is El Debba Airport (EDB), which is nearly antipodal to Fa'a'ā International Airport (meaning Fa'a'ā International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from El Debba Airport), and is located 12,387 miles (19,935 kilometers) away in El Debba (Al Dabbah), Sudan.
- The closest airport to Fa'a'ā International Airport (PPT) is Moorea Airport (MOZ), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) WNW of PPT.
- Because of Fa'a'ā International Airport's relatively low elevation of 5 feet, planes can take off or land at Fa'a'ā International 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.
- In addition to being known as "Fa'a'ā International Airport", another name for PPT is "Aéroport International Tahiti Fa'a'ā".
Facts about Kingston Airport (YGK):
- The closest airport to Kingston Airport (YGK) is Watertown International Airport (ART), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) ESE of YGK.
- Before 1940, Kingston was served only by the Kingston Airfield, a grass strip just north of the city's downtown, which closed in 1942.
- Kingston Airport (YGK) has 2 runways.
- The airport's runway outline displays the classic BCATP triangle pattern.
- The airport is classified as an airport of entry by NAV CANADA and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency.
- Because of Kingston Airport's relatively low elevation of 303 feet, planes can take off or land at Kingston 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.
- Kingston Airport or Kingston/Norman Rogers Airport, is an airport located 4.3 nautical miles west of the core of Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
- The furthest airport from Kingston Airport (YGK) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,490 miles (18,492 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.