Nonstop flight route between Chaghcharan, Afghanistan and Christchurch, New Zealand:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Chaghcharan Airport د چغچران هوائی ډګر (CCN), Chaghcharan, Afghanistan and Christchurch International Airport (CHC), Christchurch, New Zealand would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,607 miles (or 13,852 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 Chaghcharan Airport د چغچران هوائی ډګر and Christchurch 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 Chaghcharan Airport د چغچران هوائی ډګر and Christchurch International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Chaghcharan Airport د چغچران هوائی ډګر (CCN):

• Because of Chaghcharan Airport د چغچران هوائی ډګر's high elevation of 7,383 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at CCN. Combined with a high temperature, this could make CCN a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Chaghcharan Airport د چغچران هوائی ډګر (CCN) is Maymana Airport د میمنه هوائی ډګر (MMZ), which is located 101 miles (163 kilometers) NNW of CCN.
• In addition to being known as "Chaghcharan Airport د چغچران هوائی ډګر", other names for CCN include "Chakhcharan Airport (Chakhcharan)" and "KDH".
• The furthest airport from Chaghcharan Airport د چغچران هوائی ډګر (CCN) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,839 miles (19,053 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.

Facts about Christchurch International Airport (CHC):

• Christchurch International Airport handled 556,096 passengers last year.
• With the development of Antarctic scientific expeditions, since the 1950s Christchurch Airport has been the base for all Antarctic flights operated by the United States Navy, United States Air Force, Air National Guard and Royal New Zealand Air Force as part of Operation Deep Freeze.
• Christchurch Airport consists of a single terminal which caters for both domestic and international flights.
• Because of Christchurch International Airport's relatively low elevation of 123 feet, planes can take off or land at Christchurch 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.
• There is also the option of off-airport car parking facilities such as Christchurch Park & Fly offering a low cost alternative to parking at the airport carparks.
• Development of the aerodrome at Harewood commenced in 1936.
• The furthest airport from Christchurch International Airport (CHC) is A Coruña Airport (LCG), which is nearly antipodal to Christchurch International Airport (meaning Christchurch International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from A Coruña Airport), and is located 12,389 miles (19,939 kilometers) away in A Coruña, Spain.
• The closest airport to Christchurch International Airport (CHC) is Ashburton Aerodrome (ASG), which is located 47 miles (75 kilometers) SW of CHC.
• Christchurch International Airport (CHC) has 3 runways.