Nonstop flight route between Clinton, Oklahoma, United States and Motueka, New Zealand:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Clinton-Sherman Industrial Airpark (CSM), Clinton, Oklahoma, United States and Motueka Aerodrome (MZP), Motueka, New Zealand would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,663 miles (or 12,333 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 Clinton-Sherman Industrial Airpark and Motueka 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 Clinton-Sherman Industrial Airpark and Motueka Aerodrome. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Clinton-Sherman Industrial Airpark (CSM):

• The closest airport to Clinton-Sherman Industrial Airpark (CSM) is Clinton Regional Airport (CLK), which is located 20 miles (33 kilometers) NE of CSM.
• Clinton-Sherman Industrial Airpark (CSM) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Clinton-Sherman Industrial Airpark (CSM) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,925 miles (17,582 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• One company, Rocketplane Kistler, formerly based in Oklahoma, had plans to build a spacecraft and, as of 2006, had plans to offer commercial space flights from the Oklahoma Spaceport by 2009.
• The receipt of a launch site operator license gives Oklahoma a good position in the nascent space tourism industry — a market which is also being targeted by California, New Mexico, Florida and Wisconsin, as well as Singapore and the United Arab Emirates.
• The Clinton-Sherman Industrial Airpark, also known as the Oklahoma Spaceport is a newly authorized spaceport near Burns Flat, Oklahoma, in the western part of the state.

Facts about Motueka Aerodrome (MZP):

• The furthest airport from Motueka Aerodrome (MZP) is Vila Real Airport (VRL), which is nearly antipodal to Motueka Aerodrome (meaning Motueka Aerodrome is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Vila Real Airport), and is located 12,398 miles (19,953 kilometers) away in Vila Real, Portugal.
• The closest airport to Motueka Aerodrome (MZP) is Nelson AirportTe Papa Waka Rererangi o Whakatū (NSN), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) SE of MZP.