Nonstop flight route between Armidale, New South Wales, Australia and Avarua, Cook Islands:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Armidale Airport (ARM), Armidale, New South Wales, Australia and Rarotonga International Airport (RAR), Avarua, Cook Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,065 miles (or 4,932 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 Armidale Airport and Rarotonga International 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 Armidale Airport and Rarotonga International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ARM / YARM |
Airport Name: | Armidale Airport |
Location: | Armidale, New South Wales, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 30°31'41"S by 151°37'0"E |
Area Served: | Armidale, New South Wales, Australia |
Operator/Owner: | Armidale Dumaresq Shire |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 3556 feet (1,084 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from ARM |
More Information: | ARM Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | RAR / NCRG |
Airport Name: | Rarotonga International Airport |
Location: | Avarua, Cook Islands |
GPS Coordinates: | 21°12'10"S by 159°48'20"W |
Area Served: | Avarua |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 19 feet (6 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from RAR |
More Information: | RAR Maps & Info |
Facts about Armidale Airport (ARM):
- Armidale was one of the 20 destinations looked at by Virgin Australia for services to Sydney using Embraer jet aircraft.
- Impulse Airlines operated services to Sydney and Brisbane from 1994 until it was taken over by Qantas in 2001.
- Armidale Airport (ARM) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Armidale Airport (ARM) is Santa Maria Airport (SMA), which is located 11,955 miles (19,239 kilometers) away in Santa Maria, Portugal.
- The closest airport to Armidale Airport (ARM) is Inverell Airport (IVR), which is located 52 miles (84 kilometers) NNW of ARM.
Facts about Rarotonga International Airport (RAR):
- The closest airport to Rarotonga International Airport (RAR) is Mangaia Island Airport (MGS), which is located 131 miles (211 kilometers) ESE of RAR.
- An Air New Zealand Boeing 767 airliner at Rarotonga International Airport
- Another outbound view of Rarotonga Airport and the island's mountainous interior
- Rarotonga International Airport (RAR) currently has only 1 runway.
- In 2003, the terminal and departure and check-in areas were revamped at a cost of US$650,000.
- Because of Rarotonga International Airport's relatively low elevation of 19 feet, planes can take off or land at Rarotonga International 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 Rarotonga International Airport (RAR) is Faya-Largeau Airport (FYT), which is nearly antipodal to Rarotonga International Airport (meaning Rarotonga International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Faya-Largeau Airport), and is located 12,199 miles (19,632 kilometers) away in Faya-Largeau, Chad.
- Air New Zealand Airbus A320 awaiting passengers at Rarotonga International