Nonstop flight route between Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand and Anderson, South Carolina, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Chatham Islands (CHT), Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand and Anderson Regional Airport (AND), Anderson, South Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,982 miles (or 12,846 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 Chatham Islands and Anderson Regional 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 Chatham Islands and Anderson Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Chatham Islands (CHT):

• In addition to being known as "Chatham Islands", another name for CHT is "Tuuta Airport".
• In 2012 The New Zealand Government announced plans to develop the airport as part of an overall Economic Plan for the Chatham Islands.
• The furthest airport from Chatham Islands (CHT) is Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport (MPL), which is nearly antipodal to Chatham Islands (meaning Chatham Islands is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport), and is located 12,410 miles (19,972 kilometers) away in Montpellier, France.
• The closest airport to Chatham Islands (CHT) is Hood Aerodrome (MRO), which is located 448 miles (722 kilometers) WNW of CHT.
• Because of Chatham Islands's relatively low elevation of 43 feet, planes can take off or land at Chatham Islands 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 airport was completed in 1982 to replace an earlier built compacted grass airstrip at Te Hapupu that could only handle slow flying Safe Air Bristol Freighter aircraft.
• Chatham Islands (CHT) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Anderson Regional Airport (AND):

• Because of Anderson Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 782 feet, planes can take off or land at Anderson Regional 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 closest airport to Anderson Regional Airport (AND) is Oconee County Regional Airport (CEU), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) NW of AND.
• Eastern Airlines stopped at AND from 1947 until 1964.
• New Prospect Elementary School is across from the airport.
• In addition to being known as "Anderson Regional Airport", another name for AND is "Anderson Auxiliary Field".
• Anderson Regional Airport (AND) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Anderson Regional Airport (AND) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,420 miles (18,378 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.