Nonstop flight route between Kharkhorin, Mongolia and Kaikoura, New Zealand:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kharkhorin Airport (KHR), Kharkhorin, Mongolia and Kaikoura Aerodrome (KBZ), Kaikoura, New Zealand would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,551 miles (or 12,153 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 Kharkhorin Airport and Kaikoura Aerodrome, 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 Kharkhorin Airport and Kaikoura Aerodrome. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kharkhorin Airport (KHR):

• The closest airport to Kharkhorin Airport (KHR) is Khujirt Airport (HJT), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) S of KHR.
• Kharkhorin Airport (KHR) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Kharkhorin Airport (KHR) is Cochrane Airfield (LGR), which is nearly antipodal to Kharkhorin Airport (meaning Kharkhorin Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cochrane Airfield), and is located 12,222 miles (19,669 kilometers) away in Cochrane, Chile.
• Because of Kharkhorin Airport's high elevation of 4,759 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at KHR. Combined with a high temperature, this could make KHR a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.

Facts about Kaikoura Aerodrome (KBZ):

• The closest airport to Kaikoura Aerodrome (KBZ) is Woodbourne Airport (BHE), which is located 64 miles (103 kilometers) NNE of KBZ.
• Kaikoura Aerodrome (KBZ) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Kaikoura Aerodrome (KBZ) is León Airport (LEN), which is nearly antipodal to Kaikoura Aerodrome (meaning Kaikoura Aerodrome is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from León Airport), and is located 12,397 miles (19,952 kilometers) away in León, Spain.
• A scenic flight operator based at Kaikoura.
• Kaikoura Aerodrome is an uncontrolled aerodrome located 4 nautical miles southwest of Kaikoura on the South Island of New Zealand.
• Because of Kaikoura Aerodrome's relatively low elevation of 19 feet, planes can take off or land at Kaikoura Aerodrome 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.