Nonstop flight route between Milford Sound, New Zealand and Nerlerit Inaat (Constable Pynt), Greenland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Milford Sound Airport (MFN), Milford Sound, New Zealand and Nerlerit Inaat Airport (CNP), Nerlerit Inaat (Constable Pynt), Greenland would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,600 miles (or 17,059 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 Milford Sound Airport and Nerlerit Inaat 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 Milford Sound Airport and Nerlerit Inaat Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Milford Sound Airport (MFN):

• Prior to the ability of air operations, Milford Sound had no access in the winter months as the roads became impassable.
• The closest airport to Milford Sound Airport (MFN) is Queenstown Airport (ZQN), which is located 47 miles (75 kilometers) ESE of MFN.
• Milford Sound Airport is a small but very busy airport in Milford Sound, in New Zealands Fiordland region of the South Island.
• The furthest airport from Milford Sound Airport (MFN) is A Coruña Airport (LCG), which is nearly antipodal to Milford Sound Airport (meaning Milford Sound Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from A Coruña Airport), and is located 12,230 miles (19,682 kilometers) away in A Coruña, Spain.
• Because of Milford Sound Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Milford Sound 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.
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• Milford Sound Airport (MFN) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Nerlerit Inaat Airport (CNP):

• The furthest airport from Nerlerit Inaat Airport (CNP) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 10,751 miles (17,302 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• Nerlerit Inaat Airport (CNP) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Nerlerit Inaat Airport's relatively low elevation of 45 feet, planes can take off or land at Nerlerit Inaat 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.
• In summer 2004 the airport was the destination of an arctic trip by two German microlight pilots flying a Flight Design CT2K light aircraft.
• In addition to being known as "Nerlerit Inaat Airport", other names for CNP include "Mittarfik Nerlerit Inaat", "Constable Pynt Lufthavn" and "Nerlerit Inaat Lufthavn".
• Nerlerit Inaat Airport handled 3,547 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Nerlerit Inaat Airport (CNP) is Ittoqqortoormiit Heliport (OBY), which is located 23 miles (38 kilometers) SE of CNP.