Nonstop flight route between Skardu, Pakistan and Queenstown, New Zealand:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Skardu Airport (KDU), Skardu, Pakistan and Queenstown Airport (ZQN), Queenstown, New Zealand would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,028 miles (or 12,920 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 Skardu Airport and Queenstown 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 Skardu Airport and Queenstown Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | KDU / OPSD | 
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| Location: | Skardu, Pakistan | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 35°20'8"N by 75°32'9"E | 
| Area Served: | Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan | 
| Operator/Owner: | Government of Pakistan | 
| Airport Type: | Civil/Military | 
| Elevation: | 7316 feet (2,230 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 2 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from KDU | 
| More Information: | KDU Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | ZQN / NZQN | 
| Airport Name: | Queenstown Airport | 
| Location: | Queenstown, New Zealand | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 45°1'15"S by 168°44'21"E | 
| Operator/Owner: | Queenstown Airport Corporation Ltd. | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 1171 feet (357 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 2 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from ZQN | 
| More Information: | ZQN Maps & Info | 
Facts about Skardu Airport (KDU):
- In addition to being known as "Skardu Airport", another name for KDU is "سکردو ہوائی اڈے".
 - The closest airport to Skardu Airport (KDU) is Gilgit Airport (GIL), which is located 79 miles (127 kilometers) WNW of KDU.
 - Because of Skardu Airport's high elevation of 7,316 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at KDU. Combined with a high temperature, this could make KDU a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
 - The furthest airport from Skardu Airport (KDU) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,801 miles (18,992 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
 - Skardu Airport (KDU) has 2 runways.
 
Facts about Queenstown Airport (ZQN):
- The furthest airport from Queenstown Airport (ZQN) is A Coruña Airport (LCG), which is nearly antipodal to Queenstown Airport (meaning Queenstown Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from A Coruña Airport), and is located 12,251 miles (19,716 kilometers) away in A Coruña, Spain.
 - On 8 July 2010, Auckland International Airport Limited, the operator of Auckland Airport, announced it had entered into an agreement to take a 24.99% shareholding in Queenstown Airport Corporation Limited and form a strategic alliance between the two airports.
 - Queenstown Airport is located in Frankton, Otago, New Zealand, and serves the resort town of Queenstown.The airport is 8 km by road from the CBD.
 - The closest airport to Queenstown Airport (ZQN) is Wanaka Airport (WKA), which is located 32 miles (52 kilometers) NE of ZQN.
 - In another separate incident in June 2010 two airliners were found to have had a high potential to have breached the 1000 foot vertical separation required.
 - Queenstown Airport (ZQN) has 2 runways.
 
