Nonstop flight route between Lodwar, Kenya and Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lodwar Airport (LOK), Lodwar, Kenya and Chatham Islands (CHT), Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,011 miles (or 14,502 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 Lodwar 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 Lodwar 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 Lodwar Airport (LOK):

• In addition to being known as "Lodwar Airport", another name for LOK is "Lodwar".
• The furthest airport from Lodwar Airport (LOK) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is located 11,848 miles (19,067 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
• Lodwar Airport (LOK) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Lodwar Airport (LOK) is Eliye Springs Airport (EYS), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) ENE of LOK.

Facts about Chatham Islands (CHT):

• The closest airport to Chatham Islands (CHT) is Hood Aerodrome (MRO), which is located 448 miles (722 kilometers) WNW of CHT.
• The airport is the base of Air Chathams and usually houses two aircraft overnight.
• 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.
• 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.
• Chatham Islands / Tuuta Airport is a small airport 10.5 nautical miles northeast of Waitangi Township on the Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Chatham Islands", another name for CHT is "Tuuta Airport".
• In 2012 The New Zealand Government announced plans to develop the airport as part of an overall Economic Plan for the Chatham Islands.
• Chatham Islands (CHT) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.