Nonstop flight route between Havre, Montana, United States and Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Havre City-County Airport (HVR), Havre, Montana, United States and Chatham Islands (CHT), Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,549 miles (or 12,149 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 Havre City-County Airport and Chatham Islands, 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 Havre City-County Airport and Chatham Islands. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Havre City-County Airport (HVR):

• Havre City-County Airport (HVR) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Havre City-County Airport (HVR) is Shelby Airport (SBX), which is located 96 miles (155 kilometers) W of HVR.
• The furthest airport from Havre City-County Airport (HVR) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,411 miles (16,755 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Havre City-County Airport is a public use airport located three nautical miles west of the central business district of Havre, a city in Hill County, Montana, United States.

Facts about Chatham Islands (CHT):

• The airport is the base of Air Chathams and usually houses two aircraft overnight.
• In 2012 The New Zealand Government announced plans to develop the airport as part of an overall Economic Plan for the Chatham Islands.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Chatham Islands (CHT) is Hood Aerodrome (MRO), which is located 448 miles (722 kilometers) WNW of CHT.
• The airport was completed in 1982 to replace an earlier built compacted grass airstrip at Te Hapupu that could only handle slow flying Safe Air Bristol Freighter aircraft.
• A small aviation museum is also based there, signifying the importance that aviation has played in developing the economic wealth of the island group.
• In addition to being known as "Chatham Islands", another name for CHT is "Tuuta Airport".
• 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.