Nonstop flight route between Mangere, New Zealand and Arno Vale (near Kingstown), Saint Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Auckland Airport (AKL), Mangere, New Zealand and E.T. Joshua Airport (SVD), Arno Vale (near Kingstown), Saint Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,628 miles (or 13,885 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 E.T. Joshua 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 E.T. Joshua Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Auckland Airport (AKL):

• Auckland Airport is the largest and busiest airport in New Zealand with 14,829,393 passengers in the year ended November 2013.
• 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.
• Auckland Airport handled 14,829,393 passengers last year.
• In 2013, the domestic terminal will undergo a series of upgrades costing a total of $30 million.
• 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 Government was AIAL’s majority shareholder, the rest being held by the local councils.
• Auckland Airport (AKL) has 2 runways.
• On 8 July 2010, AIAL announced it had entered into an agreement to take a 24.99% shareholding in Queenstown Airport Corporation Limited, the operator of Queenstown Airport, and form a strategic alliance between the two airports.
• Auckland Airport decided that rather than building a new sub-top level to stream arriving passengers, they would build a new departures floor for passengers to "drop down" into the existing gate lounges on the first floor, which would be closed off from a central arrivals corridor by glass.
• The site of the airport was first used as an airfield by the Auckland Aero Club.

Facts about E.T. Joshua Airport (SVD):

• The furthest airport from E.T. Joshua Airport (SVD) is Umbu Mehang Kunda Airport (WGP), which is nearly antipodal to E.T. Joshua Airport (meaning E.T. Joshua Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Umbu Mehang Kunda Airport), and is located 12,176 miles (19,595 kilometers) away in Waingapu, Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.
• Because of E.T. Joshua Airport's relatively low elevation of 66 feet, planes can take off or land at E.T. Joshua 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.
• E.T. Joshua Airport (SVD) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to E.T. Joshua Airport (SVD) is J. F. Mitchell Airport (BQU), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) SSW of SVD.