Nonstop flight route between Comiso, Italy and Mount Cook, New Zealand:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Comiso Airport (CIY), Comiso, Italy and Glentanner Aerodrome (GTN), Mount Cook, New Zealand would travel a Great Circle distance of 11,070 miles (or 17,816 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 Comiso Airport and Glentanner Aerodrome, 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 Comiso Airport and Glentanner Aerodrome. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Comiso Airport (CIY):

• Because of Comiso Airport's relatively low elevation of 620 feet, planes can take off or land at Comiso 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.
• Refurbishment work to reactivate the airport started in 2004 and was completed during the winter of 2008.
• The furthest airport from Comiso Airport (CIY) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,689 miles (18,812 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Comiso Airport", another name for CIY is "Aeroporto di Comiso".
• Comiso Airport (CIY) currently has only 1 runway.
• The first permanently assigned U.S.
• It became one of several key aerodromes in southern Sicily during World War II.
• The closest airport to Comiso Airport (CIY) is Naval Air Station Sigonella (NSY), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) NNE of CIY.
• During the summer of 1983, three large anti-nuclear demonstrations, largely funded by the Communist Party, were conducted around the base perimeter, with as many as 5,000 protesters at the events in late July, August and September.

Facts about Glentanner Aerodrome (GTN):

• The furthest airport from Glentanner Aerodrome (GTN) is A Coruña Airport (LCG), which is nearly antipodal to Glentanner Aerodrome (meaning Glentanner Aerodrome is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from A Coruña Airport), and is located 12,351 miles (19,877 kilometers) away in A Coruña, Spain.
• Glentanner Aerodrome (GTN) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Glentanner Aerodrome (GTN) is Mount Cook Airport (MON), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) N of GTN.