Nonstop flight route between Invercargill, New Zealand and Bratislava, Slovakia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Invercargill Airport (IVC), Invercargill, New Zealand and Bratislava Airport (BTS), Bratislava, Slovakia would travel a Great Circle distance of 11,085 miles (or 17,840 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 Invercargill Airport and Bratislava 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 Invercargill Airport and Bratislava Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Invercargill Airport (IVC):

• Because of Invercargill Airport's relatively low elevation of 5 feet, planes can take off or land at Invercargill 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.
• Regular types using the airport now are, ATR 72, and Dash 8 Q-300.
• Invercargill Airport has had aspirations from the 1980s through to the 2000s as an international destination with proposals that have failed to get off the ground with nearby Queenstown being developed as a more direct route for jet aircraft.
• The closest airport to Invercargill Airport (IVC) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 35 miles (57 kilometers) SSW of IVC.
• Invercargill Airport (IVC) has 4 runways.
• A fully covered baggage carousel was commissioned in 2001.
• The furthest airport from Invercargill Airport (IVC) is A Coruña Airport (LCG), which is nearly antipodal to Invercargill Airport (meaning Invercargill Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from A Coruña Airport), and is located 12,168 miles (19,582 kilometers) away in A Coruña, Spain.
• Invercargill Airport handled 27,092 passengers last year.
• The airport's first scheduled service was in 1944 by Union Airways' Lockheed 10 Electra flying from Dunedin.
• Since July 2012, Air New Zealand has used Invercargill as a technical stop when conditions in Queenstown restrict aircraft from taking off with sufficient fuel to fly direct to Australia due to weather or operational reasons.

Facts about Bratislava Airport (BTS):

• Bratislava Airport (BTS) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Bratislava Airport (BTS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,716 miles (18,855 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The airport features two perpendicular runways, both of which underwent a complete reconstruction in the 1980s.
• Bratislava Airport handled 1,416,117 passengers last year.
• Bratislava serves as a base for the Slovak Government Flying Service as well as AirExplore, Go2Sky, Opera Jet, Samair, Travel Service Slovakia and VR Jet.
• The closest airport to Bratislava Airport (BTS) is Vienna International Airport (VIE), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) W of BTS.
• The offices of the Civil Aviation Authority are on the airport property.
• The first regular flight between Prague and Bratislava occurred in 1923, by the new-formed carrier Czechoslovak Airlines.
• Because of Bratislava Airport's relatively low elevation of 436 feet, planes can take off or land at Bratislava 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.
• In addition to being known as "Bratislava Airport", other names for BTS include "Milan Rastislav Štefánik Airport" and "Letisko M. R. Štefánika".
• Bratislava Airport is located 9 km to the north-east from the city center, covering an area of 4.77 km2.