Nonstop flight route between Invercargill, New Zealand and Enterprise, Alabama, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Invercargill Airport (IVC), Invercargill, New Zealand and Enterprise Municipal Airport (ETS), Enterprise, Alabama, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,461 miles (or 13,616 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 Enterprise Municipal 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 Enterprise Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | IVC / NZNV |
Airport Name: | Invercargill Airport |
Location: | Invercargill, New Zealand |
GPS Coordinates: | 46°24'43"S by 168°18'46"E |
Operator/Owner: | Invercargill Airport Ltd |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 5 feet (2 meters) |
# of Runways: | 4 |
View all routes: | Routes from IVC |
More Information: | IVC Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ETS / KEDN |
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Location: | Enterprise, Alabama, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 31°17'58"N by 85°53'58"W |
Area Served: | Enterprise, Alabama |
Operator/Owner: | City of Enterprise |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 361 feet (110 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ETS |
More Information: | ETS Maps & Info |
Facts about Invercargill Airport (IVC):
- 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.
- Regular types using the airport now are, ATR 72, and Dash 8 Q-300.
- 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 handled 27,092 passengers last year.
- The airport's first scheduled service was in 1944 by Union Airways' Lockheed 10 Electra flying from Dunedin.
- Although only ever a backup airport during World War II, military operations have remained rare due to Christchurch being chosen as the main Operation Deep Freeze Base in 1949 and what was then Dunedin's Taieri Aerodrome acting as a departure point for shorter range aircraft heading south.
- 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.
- 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.
- Invercargill Airport (IVC) has 4 runways.
- The largest aircraft to land at Invercargill is the Boeing C-17 Globemaster, although the runway has been "buzzed" by USAF KC-10 Extenders, Lockheed C-141 Starlifters and C-5 Galaxy.
Facts about Enterprise Municipal Airport (ETS):
- In addition to being known as "Enterprise Municipal Airport", another name for ETS is "EDN".
- The closest airport to Enterprise Municipal Airport (ETS) is Lowe Army Heliport (AHP) (LOR), which is located only 10 miles (15 kilometers) ENE of ETS.
- The furthest airport from Enterprise Municipal Airport (ETS) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,203 miles (18,030 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Because of Enterprise Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 361 feet, planes can take off or land at Enterprise Municipal 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.
- Enterprise Municipal Airport (ETS) currently has only 1 runway.