Nonstop flight route between Calverton, New York, United States and Queenstown, New Zealand:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Calverton Executive Airpark (CTO), Calverton, New York, United States and Queenstown Airport (ZQN), Queenstown, New Zealand would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,389 miles (or 15,109 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 Calverton Executive Airpark and Queenstown 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 Calverton Executive Airpark and Queenstown Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Calverton Executive Airpark (CTO):

• In addition to being known as "Calverton Executive Airpark", other names for CTO include "CTO[1]" and "3C8".
• The furthest airport from Calverton Executive Airpark (CTO) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,789 miles (18,972 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Calverton Executive Airpark's relatively low elevation of 75 feet, planes can take off or land at Calverton Executive Airpark 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.
• Calverton Executive Airpark is a public-owned private-use airport located three miles west of the central business district of the Calverton hamlet, in the Town of Riverhead,Suffolk County, New York, United States.
• In January 2008, the Riverhead Town Board with newly elected officers signed a deal to sell the airport for $155 million to Riverhead Resorts to build a multi-facted resort.
• In September 1998, the bulk of the developed land, 2,640 acres, at the airport was donated to Riverhead.
• The closest airport to Calverton Executive Airpark (CTO) is Brookhaven Calabro Airport (WSH), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) SSW of CTO.
• It will take up to three years to get the necessary environmental permits and the original proposed opening date of the project is 2012.
• Calverton Executive Airpark (CTO) has 2 runways.
• As discussions over whether the airport could be developed the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced in February 2008 that endangered Short-eared Owls and Northern Harriers had been spotted at the airport which would prompt the DEC to make the ultimate decision the environmental impact of the development.

Facts about Queenstown Airport (ZQN):

• On 22 June 2010, a late-running Pacific Blue flight to Sydney took off from Queenstown.
• Queenstown Airport (ZQN) has 2 runways.
• Queenstown Airport is located in Frankton, Otago, New Zealand, and serves the resort town of Queenstown.The airport is 8 km by road from the CBD.
• The closest airport to Queenstown Airport (ZQN) is Wanaka Airport (WKA), which is located 32 miles (52 kilometers) NE of ZQN.
• The furthest airport from Queenstown Airport (ZQN) is A Coruña Airport (LCG), which is nearly antipodal to Queenstown Airport (meaning Queenstown Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from A Coruña Airport), and is located 12,251 miles (19,716 kilometers) away in A Coruña, Spain.
• A regular scenic route between Queenstown and Milford Sound was first established by Southern Scenic Air Services Ltd in August 1951.