Nonstop flight route between Arequipa, Peru and Kavieng, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Rodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP), Arequipa, Peru and Kavieng Airport (KVG), Kavieng, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,262 miles (or 14,906 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 Rodríguez Ballón International Airport and Kavieng 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 Rodríguez Ballón International Airport and Kavieng Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | AQP / SPQU |
Airport Name: | Rodríguez Ballón International Airport |
Location: | Arequipa, Peru |
GPS Coordinates: | 16°20'27"S by 71°34'59"W |
Operator/Owner: | CORPAC |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 8405 feet (2,562 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from AQP |
More Information: | AQP Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KVG / AYKV |
Airport Name: | Kavieng Airport |
Location: | Kavieng, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea |
GPS Coordinates: | 2°34'45"S by 150°48'28"E |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 7 feet (2 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KVG |
More Information: | KVG Maps & Info |
Facts about Rodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP):
- The airport is currently operated by the consortium "Aeropuertos Andinos", who reshuffled and modernized the existing facilities.
- Rodríguez Ballón International Airport, known as Aeropuerto Internacional Rodríguez Ballón in Spanish, is an airport serving Peru's second largest city, Arequipa.
- Because of Rodríguez Ballón International Airport's high elevation of 8,405 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at AQP. Combined with a high temperature, this could make AQP a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Rodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP) is Đà Nẵng International Airport (DAD), which is nearly antipodal to Rodríguez Ballón International Airport (meaning Rodríguez Ballón International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Đà Nẵng International Airport), and is located 12,412 miles (19,975 kilometers) away in Da Nang, Vietnam.
- Rodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP) currently has only 1 runway.
- Its runway is fully paved.
- The closest airport to Rodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP) is Ilo Airport (ILQ), which is located 95 miles (153 kilometers) S of AQP.
Facts about Kavieng Airport (KVG):
- Kavieng airport was there before the Japanese invasion.
- Because of Kavieng Airport's relatively low elevation of 7 feet, planes can take off or land at Kavieng 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.
- Kavieng Airport (KVG) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Kavieng Airport (KVG) is Emirau Airport (EMI), which is located 87 miles (139 kilometers) NW of KVG.
- The furthest airport from Kavieng Airport (KVG) is Governador Carlos Wilson Airport (FEN), which is located 11,939 miles (19,214 kilometers) away in Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil.