Nonstop flight route between Mangere, New Zealand and Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Auckland Airport (AKL), Mangere, New Zealand and Cheyenne Regional Airport (CYS), Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,407 miles (or 11,921 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 Auckland Airport and Cheyenne Regional 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 Auckland Airport and Cheyenne Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Auckland Airport (AKL):

• Construction for Stage One started in November 2007.
• Auckland Airport handled 14,829,393 passengers last year.
• Because of Auckland Airport's relatively low elevation of 23 feet, planes can take off or land at Auckland 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 closest airport to Auckland Airport (AKL) is Ardmore Airport (AMZ), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) E of AKL.
• The furthest airport from Auckland Airport (AKL) is Málaga Airport (AGP), which is nearly antipodal to Auckland Airport (meaning Auckland Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Málaga Airport), and is located 12,391 miles (19,942 kilometers) away in Málaga, Spain.
• A new international terminal, named after Jean Batten, was built in 1977.
• Auckland Airport is one of New Zealand’s most important infrastructure assets, providing thousands of jobs for the region, and is the country’s second largest cargo port by value, contributing around $14 billion to the economy, and catering for over four million visitors each year, resulting in a 70% share of New Zealand's international travellers.
• Auckland Airport (AKL) has 2 runways.
• Auckland Airport is the largest and busiest airport in New Zealand with 14,829,393 passengers in the year ended November 2013.
• Until July 2008, AIAL charged all departing international passengers a $25 departure fee.
• Jetstar domestic services operate from gates 20, 21, and 22.

Facts about Cheyenne Regional Airport (CYS):

• Cheyenne Regional Airport (CYS) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Cheyenne Regional Airport (CYS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,803 miles (17,385 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• In addition to being known as "Cheyenne Regional Airport", another name for CYS is "Jerry Olson Field".
• The closest airport to Cheyenne Regional Airport (CYS) is Francis E. Warren Air Force Base (FEW), which is located only 3 miles (5 kilometers) WSW of CYS.
• On April 11, 1996, 7 year old Jessica Dubroff, along with her father and flight instructor, died when her general aviation aircraft crashed after takeoff from Cheyenne Regional in a storm.
• The airport terminal contains plaques of the inductees into the Wyoming Aviation Hall of Fame.
• Because of Cheyenne Regional Airport's high elevation of 6,159 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at CYS. Combined with a high temperature, this could make CYS a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.