Nonstop flight route between Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand and Ji'an, Jiangxi, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Chatham Islands (CHT), Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand and Jinggangshan Airport (JGS), Ji'an, Jiangxi, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,535 miles (or 10,518 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 Jinggangshan 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 Jinggangshan 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):

• Chatham Islands / Tuuta Airport is a small airport 10.5 nautical miles northeast of Waitangi Township on the Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• 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.
• 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.
• Chatham Islands (CHT) currently has only 1 runway.
• Air Chathams operate services to Auckland, to Christchurch, and to Wellington operating Convair 580 aircraft, on the following days.
• In addition to being known as "Chatham Islands", another name for CHT is "Tuuta Airport".
• The closest airport to Chatham Islands (CHT) is Hood Aerodrome (MRO), which is located 448 miles (722 kilometers) WNW of CHT.

Facts about Jinggangshan Airport (JGS):

• The furthest airport from Jinggangshan Airport (JGS) is Teniente General Benjamín Matienzo International Airport (TUC), which is nearly antipodal to Jinggangshan Airport (meaning Jinggangshan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Teniente General Benjamín Matienzo International Airport), and is located 12,427 miles (19,999 kilometers) away in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina.
• Because of Jinggangshan Airport's relatively low elevation of 282 feet, planes can take off or land at Jinggangshan 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 Jinggangshan Airport (JGS) is Ganzhou Huangjin Airport (KOW), which is located 70 miles (112 kilometers) S of JGS.
• In addition to being known as "Jinggangshan Airport", other names for JGS include "井冈山机场" and "Jǐnggāngshān Jīchǎng".