Nonstop flight route between Huntington, West Virginia, United States and Whangarei, New Zealand:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tri-State Airport (HTS), Huntington, West Virginia, United States and Whangarei Airport (WRE), Whangarei, New Zealand would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,322 miles (or 13,393 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 Tri-State Airport and Whangarei 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 Tri-State Airport and Whangarei Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Tri-State Airport (HTS):

• In addition to being known as "Tri-State Airport", another name for HTS is "Milton J. Ferguson Field".
• Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 115,263 passenger boardings in calendar year 2010, 10.9% more than 2009.
• Because of Tri-State Airport's relatively low elevation of 828 feet, planes can take off or land at Tri-State 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 Tri-State Airport (HTS) is Lawrence County Airpark (HTW), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NE of HTS.
• The furthest airport from Tri-State Airport (HTS) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,407 miles (18,358 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Tri-State Airport (HTS) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Whangarei Airport (WRE):

• The closest airport to Whangarei Airport (WRE) is Dargaville Aerodrome (DGR), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) WSW of WRE.
• Private jets are also catered for when they arrive about twice a year, as well as larger group charters which are fairly common.
• Because of Whangarei Airport's relatively low elevation of 133 feet, planes can take off or land at Whangarei 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 control tower was closed down in 1988 as the airport was too small to warrant the service.
• The 1970s saw an increase in domestic travel from Whangarei, so a new airport terminal was built on the northern side of the main runway to cater for this.
• The daily Wellington service will continue to be flown by Eagle Airways Beech 1900D.
• The furthest airport from Whangarei Airport (WRE) is Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG), which is nearly antipodal to Whangarei Airport (meaning Whangarei Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport), and is located 12,421 miles (19,989 kilometers) away in Tangier, Morocco.
• The change in aircraft type restored capacity to 136,656 seats available on Air New Zealand per year.
• Whangarei Airport (WRE) has 2 runways.