Nonstop flight route between Jinzhou, Liaoning, China and Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Jinzhou Xiaolingzi Airport (JNZ), Jinzhou, Liaoning, China and Chatham Islands (CHT), Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,031 miles (or 11,315 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 Jinzhou Xiaolingzi 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 Jinzhou Xiaolingzi 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 Jinzhou Xiaolingzi Airport (JNZ):

• In addition to being known as "Jinzhou Xiaolingzi Airport", other names for JNZ include "锦州小岭子机场" and "Jǐnzhōu Xiǎolǐngzi Jīchǎng".
• The closest airport to Jinzhou Xiaolingzi Airport (JNZ) is Chaoyang Airport (CHG), which is located 44 miles (71 kilometers) NW of JNZ.
• Jinzhou Xiaolingzi Airport (JNZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Jinzhou Xiaolingzi Airport (JNZ) is Necochea Airport (NEC), which is nearly antipodal to Jinzhou Xiaolingzi Airport (meaning Jinzhou Xiaolingzi Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Necochea Airport), and is located 12,256 miles (19,724 kilometers) away in Necochea, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Facts about Chatham Islands (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.
• 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.
• Air Chathams operate services to Auckland, to Christchurch, and to Wellington operating Convair 580 aircraft, on the following days.
• The airport is the base of Air Chathams and usually houses two aircraft overnight.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Chatham Islands", another name for CHT is "Tuuta Airport".
• The closest airport to Chatham Islands (CHT) is Hood Aerodrome (MRO), which is located 448 miles (722 kilometers) WNW of CHT.