Nonstop flight route between Queenstown, New Zealand and Valladolid, Spain:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Queenstown Airport (ZQN), Queenstown, New Zealand and Valladolid International Airport (VLL), Valladolid, Spain would travel a Great Circle distance of 12,042 miles (or 19,380 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 Queenstown Airport and Valladolid 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 Queenstown Airport and Valladolid International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

The distance between ZQN and VLL makes them almost exactly antipodal (the exact opposite side of the world) to each other. Nonstop flights between Queenstown Airport and Valladolid International Airport would be very impractical for the airlines, because only a lightly loaded Boeing 777-200LR would be able to make the trip. Since airlines need to be able to take as many people and cargo as possible in order to make a profit, the odds of ever seeing a nonstop flight between ZQN and VLL are slim to none. However, you'll still be able to get from Queenstown, New Zealand and Valladolid, Spain by taking some connecting flights!

Did you know that one full circling of the Earth (measuring from the equator) is about 24,901.5 miles (or 40,075 kilometers), which means if you were 12,450 miles from any given point on the planet, the distance back to your starting point would be about the same -- in any direction! The same can be said for a nonstop flight between ZQN and VLL!

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Facts about Queenstown Airport (ZQN):

• The furthest airport from Queenstown Airport (ZQN) is A Coruña Airport (LCG), which is nearly antipodal to Queenstown Airport (meaning Queenstown Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from A Coruña Airport), and is located 12,251 miles (19,716 kilometers) away in A Coruña, Spain.
• In another separate incident in June 2010 two airliners were found to have had a high potential to have breached the 1000 foot vertical separation required.
• Queenstown Airport (ZQN) has 2 runways.
• On 17 September 2013, the idea for a potential Auckland, Nelson and Queenstown air link was raised with Air New Zealand's chief executive.
• The closest airport to Queenstown Airport (ZQN) is Wanaka Airport (WKA), which is located 32 miles (52 kilometers) NE of ZQN.

Facts about Valladolid International Airport (VLL):

• The furthest airport from Valladolid International Airport (VLL) is Wellington International Airport (WLG), which is nearly antipodal to Valladolid International Airport (meaning Valladolid International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Wellington International Airport), and is located 12,405 miles (19,964 kilometers) away in Wellington, New Zealand.
• Valladolid International Airport handled 260 passengers last year.
• Valladolid International Airport (VLL) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Valladolid International Airport (VLL) is Salamanca-Matacán Airport (SLM), which is located 62 miles (100 kilometers) SSW of VLL.
• In addition to being known as "Valladolid International Airport", another name for VLL is "Aeropuerto de Valladolid".