Nonstop flight route between Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand and Genoa, Italy:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Chatham Islands (CHT), Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand and Genoa Airport (GOA), Genoa, Italy would travel a Great Circle distance of 12,171 miles (or 19,587 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 Genoa 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 Genoa Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

The distance between CHT and GOA makes them almost exactly antipodal (the exact opposite side of the world) to each other. Nonstop flights between Chatham Islands and Genoa Airport would be very impractical for the airlines, because only a lightly loaded Boeing 777-200LR would be able to make the trip. Since airlines need to be able to take as many people and cargo as possible in order to make a profit, the odds of ever seeing a nonstop flight between CHT and GOA are slim to none. However, you'll still be able to get from Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand and Genoa, Italy by taking some connecting flights!

Did you know that one full circling of the Earth (measuring from the equator) is about 24,901.5 miles (or 40,075 kilometers), which means if you were 12,450 miles from any given point on the planet, the distance back to your starting point would be about the same -- in any direction! The same can be said for a nonstop flight between CHT and GOA!

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Facts about Chatham Islands (CHT):

• In addition to being known as "Chatham Islands", another name for CHT is "Tuuta Airport".
• 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 closest airport to Chatham Islands (CHT) is Hood Aerodrome (MRO), which is located 448 miles (722 kilometers) WNW of CHT.
• A small aviation museum is also based there, signifying the importance that aviation has played in developing the economic wealth of the island group.
• 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.
• Chatham Islands (CHT) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Genoa Airport (GOA):

• Genoa Airport (GOA) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Genoa Airport", another name for GOA is "Aeroporto di Genova".
• The closest airport to Genoa Airport (GOA) is Albenga Airport (ALL), which is located 43 miles (70 kilometers) SW of GOA.
• The furthest airport from Genoa Airport (GOA) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Genoa Airport (meaning Genoa Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,171 miles (19,587 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Genoa Airport handled 1,381,693 passengers last year.
• Because of Genoa Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Genoa 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.