Nonstop flight route between Mangere, New Zealand and Louisburg, North Carolina, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Auckland Airport (AKL), Mangere, New Zealand and Triangle North Executive Airport (Franklin County Airport) (LFN), Louisburg, North Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,484 miles (or 13,653 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 Triangle North Executive Airport (Franklin County 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 Triangle North Executive Airport (Franklin County 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):

• The closest airport to Auckland Airport (AKL) is Ardmore Airport (AMZ), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) E of AKL.
• Auckland Airport handled 14,829,393 passengers last year.
• In 2007, construction began on a second runway to the north of the current one.
• Auckland Airport (AKL) has 2 runways.
• 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.
• The site of the airport was first used as an airfield by the Auckland Aero Club.
• In July 2009 Auckland Airport elected to delay a scheduled increase in its landing charges from 1 July 2009 to assist its airline customers during the recession.
• The two previously separate domestic terminal buildings have now been connected by a common retail area.
• 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.

Facts about Triangle North Executive Airport (Franklin County Airport) (LFN):

• It was known as the Franklin County Regional Airport until November 2008, when the Board of Commissioners of Franklin County approved the new name.
• In addition to being known as "Triangle North Executive Airport (Franklin County Airport)", another name for LFN is "LHZ".
• The closest airport to Triangle North Executive Airport (Franklin County Airport) (LFN) is Rocky Mount–Wilson Regional Airport (RWI), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) ESE of LFN.
• Triangle North Executive Airport (Franklin County Airport) (LFN) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Triangle North Executive Airport (Franklin County Airport)'s relatively low elevation of 369 feet, planes can take off or land at Triangle North Executive Airport (Franklin County 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 furthest airport from Triangle North Executive Airport (Franklin County Airport) (LFN) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,663 miles (18,771 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.