Nonstop flight route between Rogers, Arkansas, United States and Wellington, New Zealand:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Rogers Municipal Airport (ROG), Rogers, Arkansas, United States and Wellington International Airport (WLG), Wellington, New Zealand would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,861 miles (or 12,651 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 Rogers Municipal Airport and Wellington International 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 Rogers Municipal Airport and Wellington International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Rogers Municipal Airport (ROG):

• The furthest airport from Rogers Municipal Airport (ROG) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,784 miles (17,356 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In addition to being known as "Rogers Municipal Airport", another name for ROG is "Carter Field".
• Rogers Municipal Airport (ROG) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Rogers Municipal Airport (ROG) is Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) WSW of ROG.
• Rogers Municipal Airport covers an area of 460 acres at an elevation of 1,359 feet above mean sea level.

Facts about Wellington International Airport (WLG):

• Because of Wellington International Airport's relatively low elevation of 42 feet, planes can take off or land at Wellington 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.
• As recently as 1992, several alternate sites for Wellington Airport were considered – Te Horo, Paraparaumu, Mana Island, Ohariu Valley, Horokiwi, Wairarapa and Pencarrow – but a decision was made to upgrade the existing site at Rongotai.
• The closest airport to Wellington International Airport (WLG) is Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ), which is located 31 miles (49 kilometers) NNE of WLG.
• Wellington International Airport (WLG) currently has only 1 runway.
• The main terminal building contains a common check-in area on the first floor and a common baggage claim area on the ground floor.
• Because of the runway limitations, Qantas purchased two short-bodied "Special Performance" 747SP for flights between Wellington and Australia during the first half of the 1980s.
• Wellington's original domestic terminal was built as a temporary measure inside a corrugated iron hangar, originally used to assemble de Havilland aircraft.
• Rongotai Airport started with a grass runway in November 1929.
• The furthest airport from Wellington International Airport (WLG) is Salamanca-Matacán Airport (SLM), which is nearly antipodal to Wellington International Airport (meaning Wellington International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Salamanca-Matacán Airport), and is located 12,406 miles (19,966 kilometers) away in Salamanca, Spain.