Nonstop flight route between Akron, Ohio, United States and Stewart Island, New Zealand:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Akron Fulton International Airport (AKC), Akron, Ohio, United States and Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), Stewart Island, New Zealand would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,068 miles (or 14,594 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 Akron Fulton International Airport and Ryan's Creek Aerodrome, 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 Akron Fulton International Airport and Ryan's Creek Aerodrome. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Akron Fulton International Airport (AKC):

• The furthest airport from Akron Fulton International Airport (AKC) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,407 miles (18,357 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In 1985 Fulton Airport was recognized as the 3rd National Landmark of Soaring by the National Soaring Museum.
• The airport is supported by the local FBO Summit Air which fuels and hangars aircraft.
• In addition to being known as "Akron Fulton International Airport", another name for AKC is "AKR".
• Named for longtime manager Bain Ecarius "Shorty" Fulton and his son Bain J.
• Akron Fulton International Airport (AKC) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Akron Fulton International Airport (AKC) is Wayne County Airport (BJJ), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) WSW of AKC.

Facts about Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS):

• Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS) is Invercargill Airport (IVC), which is located 35 miles (57 kilometers) NNE of SZS.
• In 1990 a hill at one end of the strip was leveled.
• The furthest airport from Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS) is A Coruña Airport (LCG), which is nearly antipodal to Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (meaning Ryan's Creek Aerodrome is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from A Coruña Airport), and is located 12,135 miles (19,529 kilometers) away in A Coruña, Spain.
• Because of Ryan's Creek Aerodrome's relatively low elevation of 288 feet, planes can take off or land at Ryan's Creek Aerodrome 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 2000 Southern Air 1997 Ltd was bought by Stewart Island Flights, which uses Islanders FXE and FWZ, Cessna A185E Skywagon JEM and Piper PA32 Cherokee Sixs RTS and DIV aircraft in its service.