Nonstop flight route between Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand and Hugo, Oklahoma, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Chatham Islands (CHT), Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand and Stan Stamper Municipal Airport (HUJ), Hugo, Oklahoma, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,396 miles (or 11,902 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 Stan Stamper Municipal 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 Stan Stamper Municipal 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 2012 The New Zealand Government announced plans to develop the airport as part of an overall Economic Plan for the Chatham Islands.
• In addition to being known as "Chatham Islands", another name for CHT is "Tuuta Airport".
• Chatham Islands (CHT) currently has only 1 runway.
• A small aviation museum is also based there, signifying the importance that aviation has played in developing the economic wealth of the island group.
• 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.

Facts about Stan Stamper Municipal Airport (HUJ):

• The Hugo city council named the airport after Stan Stamper, a local newspaper publisher, who served for 18 years as a member of the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission.
• Stan Stamper Municipal Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles northwest of the central business district of Hugo, a city in Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States.
• In addition to being known as "Stan Stamper Municipal Airport", another name for HUJ is "HHW".
• Stan Stamper Municipal Airport (HUJ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Stan Stamper Municipal Airport (HUJ) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,811 miles (17,398 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Because of Stan Stamper Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 572 feet, planes can take off or land at Stan Stamper Municipal 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 Stan Stamper Municipal Airport (HUJ) is Antlers Municipal Airport (ATE), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) NNW of HUJ.