Nonstop flight route between St Denis, Réunion, France and Invercargill, New Zealand:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Roland Garros Airport (RUN), St Denis, Réunion, France and Invercargill Airport (IVC), Invercargill, New Zealand would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,184 miles (or 9,952 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 Roland Garros Airport and Invercargill 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 Roland Garros Airport and Invercargill Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | RUN / FMEE |
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Location: | St Denis, Réunion, France |
GPS Coordinates: | 20°53'24"S by 55°30'59"E |
Area Served: | Sainte-Denis, Réunion |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 66 feet (20 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from RUN |
More Information: | RUN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | IVC / NZNV |
Airport Name: | Invercargill Airport |
Location: | Invercargill, New Zealand |
GPS Coordinates: | 46°24'43"S by 168°18'46"E |
Operator/Owner: | Invercargill Airport Ltd |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 5 feet (2 meters) |
# of Runways: | 4 |
View all routes: | Routes from IVC |
More Information: | IVC Maps & Info |
Facts about Roland Garros Airport (RUN):
- Because of Roland Garros Airport's relatively low elevation of 66 feet, planes can take off or land at Roland Garros 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 "Roland Garros Airport", other names for RUN include "Aéroport de la Réunion Roland Garros" and "Saint Denis Gillot Airport".
- Roland Garros Airport (RUN) has 2 runways.
- If constructed, the Réunion Tram Train will link the airport to the capital Saint-Denis and Saint-Paul.
- The closest airport to Roland Garros Airport (RUN) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 30 miles (49 kilometers) S of RUN.
- Roland Garros Airport handled 206,776 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Roland Garros Airport (RUN) is Guerrero Negro Airport (GUB), which is located 11,615 miles (18,693 kilometers) away in Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
- Air Austral has its head office on the airport property.
Facts about Invercargill Airport (IVC):
- Regular types using the airport now are, ATR 72, and Dash 8 Q-300.
- The furthest airport from Invercargill Airport (IVC) is A Coruña Airport (LCG), which is nearly antipodal to Invercargill Airport (meaning Invercargill Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from A Coruña Airport), and is located 12,168 miles (19,582 kilometers) away in A Coruña, Spain.
- The passenger terminal facilities have developed around a striking permanent 'Festival of Britain' two-level structure built in 1963, which features a distinctive lozenge-shaped roof and fully glazed airside walls giving great views of the runway from the upper deck.
- Invercargill Airport handled 27,092 passengers last year.
- In 2013, the airport announced a new terminal building will be constructed and will cost $13.3 million, with construction funded by Invercargill City Holdings Ltd.
- Because of Invercargill Airport's relatively low elevation of 5 feet, planes can take off or land at Invercargill 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.
- Invercargill does not have the appropriate border control measures.
- Although only ever a backup airport during World War II, military operations have remained rare due to Christchurch being chosen as the main Operation Deep Freeze Base in 1949 and what was then Dunedin's Taieri Aerodrome acting as a departure point for shorter range aircraft heading south.
- Air New Zealand is the major carrier operating from the airport.
- Invercargill Airport (IVC) has 4 runways.
- The closest airport to Invercargill Airport (IVC) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 35 miles (57 kilometers) SSW of IVC.
- Regular jet services operated into the airport until 1995, when Air New Zealand restructured all its secondary provincial routes after subsidiary Mount Cook Airline introduced the 68 seat ATR 72-200 into service.