Nonstop flight route between Sheridan, Wyoming, United States and Whangarei, New Zealand:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Sheridan County Airport (SHR), Sheridan, Wyoming, United States and Whangarei Airport (WRE), Whangarei, New Zealand would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,418 miles (or 11,938 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 Sheridan County Airport and Whangarei 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 Sheridan County Airport and Whangarei Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SHR / KSHR |
Airport Name: | Sheridan County Airport |
Location: | Sheridan, Wyoming, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 44°46'9"N by 106°58'49"W |
Area Served: | Sheridan, Wyoming |
Operator/Owner: | Sheridan County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4021 feet (1,226 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from SHR |
More Information: | SHR Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | WRE / NZWR |
Airport Name: | Whangarei Airport |
Location: | Whangarei, New Zealand |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°46'5"S by 174°21'54"E |
Operator/Owner: | Whangarei District Airport |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 133 feet (41 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from WRE |
More Information: | WRE Maps & Info |
Facts about Sheridan County Airport (SHR):
- Great Lakes Airlines offers service to Denver, Colorado.
- As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 17,710 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 14,181 enplanements in 2009, and 14,146 in 2010.
- Sheridan County Airport (SHR) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Sheridan County Airport (SHR) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,622 miles (17,094 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Bighorn Airways offers airplane and helicopter air charter service, as well as an aircraft repair and installation center.
- The closest airport to Sheridan County Airport (SHR) is Worland Municipal Airport (WRL), which is located 73 miles (118 kilometers) SW of SHR.
- Because of Sheridan County Airport's high elevation of 4,021 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SHR. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SHR a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
Facts about Whangarei Airport (WRE):
- The airport has a modern air-conditioned terminal building with free wifi and a cafeteria, which services Air New Zealand's subsidiaries, Eagle Airways and Air Nelson.
- The closest airport to Whangarei Airport (WRE) is Dargaville Aerodrome (DGR), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) WSW of WRE.
- The Whangarei District Council approved an upgrade of the main runway and this was completed in April 2009.
- Whangarei Airport (WRE) has 2 runways.
- The change in aircraft type restored capacity to 136,656 seats available on Air New Zealand per year.
- The furthest airport from Whangarei Airport (WRE) is Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG), which is nearly antipodal to Whangarei Airport (meaning Whangarei Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport), and is located 12,421 miles (19,989 kilometers) away in Tangier, Morocco.
- Because of Whangarei Airport's relatively low elevation of 133 feet, planes can take off or land at Whangarei 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 1970s saw an increase in domestic travel from Whangarei, so a new airport terminal was built on the northern side of the main runway to cater for this.
- On 9 February 2007, a Robinson R22 helicopter training at Whangarei Airport crash landed in Whangarei Harbour.