Nonstop flight route between Ardmore, New Zealand and Kodiak, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ardmore Airport (AMZ), Ardmore, New Zealand and Kodiak Benny Benson State Airport (ADQ), Kodiak, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,815 miles (or 10,968 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 Ardmore Airport and Kodiak Benny Benson State 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 Ardmore Airport and Kodiak Benny Benson State Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Ardmore Airport (AMZ):

• The airfield has a circuit height of 1,100 ft for fixed wing aircraft, 800 ft for helicopters.
• The closest airport to Ardmore Airport (AMZ) is Auckland Airport (AKL), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) W of AMZ.
• The furthest airport from Ardmore Airport (AMZ) is Málaga Airport (AGP), which is nearly antipodal to Ardmore Airport (meaning Ardmore Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Málaga Airport), and is located 12,399 miles (19,954 kilometers) away in Málaga, Spain.
• Ardmore Airport (AMZ) has 3 runways.
• From 1954 until 1962 the aerodrome was home to the New Zealand Grand Prix with the circuit being approximately 2 miles in length and utilising the two sealed runways operational at the time.
• Because of Ardmore Airport's relatively low elevation of 111 feet, planes can take off or land at Ardmore 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 Kodiak Benny Benson State Airport (ADQ):

• The furthest airport from Kodiak Benny Benson State Airport (ADQ) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,792 miles (17,369 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
• The closest airport to Kodiak Benny Benson State Airport (ADQ) is Kodiak Municipal Airport (KDK), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) NE of ADQ.
• The airport is on the site of the former Naval Air Station Kodiak which was commissioned in 1941.
• Charters are generally available to the Kodiak archipelago and Katmai coast.
• Kodiak Benny Benson State Airport (ADQ) has 3 runways.
• Because of Kodiak Benny Benson State Airport's relatively low elevation of 78 feet, planes can take off or land at Kodiak Benny Benson State 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.