Nonstop flight route between Logan, Utah, United States and Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Logan-Cache Airport (LGU), Logan, Utah, United States and Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ), Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,314 miles (or 11,770 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 Logan-Cache Airport and Kapiti Coast 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 Logan-Cache Airport and Kapiti Coast Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Logan-Cache Airport (LGU):

• Logan-Cache Airport (LGU) has 2 runways.
• Because of Logan-Cache Airport's high elevation of 4,457 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at LGU. Combined with a high temperature, this could make LGU a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Logan-Cache Airport (LGU) is Brigham City Airport (BMC), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) SSW of LGU.
• The furthest airport from Logan-Cache Airport (LGU) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,889 miles (17,524 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Utah carrier Transwestern Airlines had company headquarters at Logan airport, with flights to their hub at Salt Lake until their acquisition by Horizon Air in December 1983.

Facts about Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ):

• On 6 November 1970, Douglas C-47B ZK-AXS of the Ministry of Transport was damaged beyond economic repair during a downwind simulated takeoff, when the undercarriage collapsed.
• Because of Kapiti Coast Airport's relatively low elevation of 22 feet, planes can take off or land at Kapiti Coast 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.
• Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) has 3 runways.
• In early 2007, the airport was sold by its first private owners to property developer Noel Robinson for NZ$40 million.
• The closest airport to Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) is Wellington International Airport (WLG), which is located 31 miles (49 kilometers) SSW of PPQ.
• Paraparaumu was judged unsuitable for international operations in the 1950s due to Kapiti Island to the near west and the Tararua Ranges barely a mile east infringing the take-off and landing flightpaths.
• The furthest airport from Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) is Salamanca-Matacán Airport (SLM), which is nearly antipodal to Kapiti Coast Airport (meaning Kapiti Coast Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Salamanca-Matacán Airport), and is located 12,411 miles (19,973 kilometers) away in Salamanca, Spain.