Nonstop flight route between Ati, Chad and Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ati Airport (ATV), Ati, Chad and Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ), Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,063 miles (or 16,195 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 Ati Airport and Kapiti Coast 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 Ati Airport and Kapiti Coast Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Ati Airport (ATV):

• The closest airport to Ati Airport (ATV) is Mongo Airport (MVO), which is located 78 miles (125 kilometers) SSE of ATV.
• In addition to being known as "Ati Airport", another name for ATV is "Ati Airport (Ati)".
• The furthest airport from Ati Airport (ATV) is Manihiki Island Airport (MHX), which is nearly antipodal to Ati Airport (meaning Ati Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Manihiki Island Airport), and is located 12,234 miles (19,688 kilometers) away in Manihiki Island, Cook Islands.
• Ati Airport (ATV) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ):

• On 17 February 2008, above an adjacent hardware store, Placemakers, there was a triple-fatality mid-air collision between a Cessna 152 and a helicopter, both of which plummeted from approximately 1500 ft, the helicopter into the store and the plane into a nearby street.
• Paraparaumu was judged unsuitable for international operations in the 1950s due to Kapiti Island to the near west and the Tararua Ranges barely a mile east infringing the take-off and landing flightpaths.
• Re-development proposals involve closing 11/29, with a parallel grass runway as the only crosswind runway.
• New Zealand's Civil Aviation Authority has recently approved the airport after identifying approach obstruction issues.
• Because of Kapiti Coast Airport's relatively low elevation of 22 feet, planes can take off or land at Kapiti Coast 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.
• Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) has 3 runways.
• The closest airport to Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) is Wellington International Airport (WLG), which is located 31 miles (49 kilometers) SSW of PPQ.
• The furthest airport from Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) is Salamanca-Matacán Airport (SLM), which is nearly antipodal to Kapiti Coast Airport (meaning Kapiti Coast Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Salamanca-Matacán Airport), and is located 12,411 miles (19,973 kilometers) away in Salamanca, Spain.