Nonstop flight route between Wink, Texas, United States and Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Winkler County Airport (INK), Wink, Texas, United States and Chatham Islands (CHT), Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,966 miles (or 11,211 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 Winkler 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 Winkler County Airport and Chatham Islands. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | INK / KINK |
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Location: | Wink, Texas, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 31°46'46"N by 103°12'6"W |
Area Served: | Wink, Texas |
Operator/Owner: | Winkler County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2822 feet (860 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from INK |
More Information: | INK Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CHT / NZCI |
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Location: | Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand |
GPS Coordinates: | 43°48'36"S by 176°27'25"W |
Operator/Owner: | New Zealand Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 43 feet (13 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CHT |
More Information: | CHT Maps & Info |
Facts about Winkler County Airport (INK):
- In addition to being known as "Winkler County Airport", another name for INK is "(former Wink Air Force Aux. Field)".
- Winkler County Airport (INK) has 2 runways.
- Winkler County Airport covers an area of 1,000 acres at an elevation of 2,822 feet above mean sea level.
- The closest airport to Winkler County Airport (INK) is Pecos Municipal Airport (PEQ), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) SSW of INK.
- The furthest airport from Winkler County Airport (INK) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,260 miles (18,122 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
Facts about Chatham Islands (CHT):
- In addition to being known as "Chatham Islands", another name for CHT is "Tuuta Airport".
- 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.
- The closest airport to Chatham Islands (CHT) is Hood Aerodrome (MRO), which is located 448 miles (722 kilometers) WNW of CHT.
- 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.
- In 2012 The New Zealand Government announced plans to develop the airport as part of an overall Economic Plan for the Chatham Islands.
- 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.