Nonstop flight route between Milford Sound, New Zealand and Dublin, Ireland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Milford Sound Airport (MFN), Milford Sound, New Zealand and Dublin Airport (DUB), Dublin, Ireland would travel a Great Circle distance of 11,778 miles (or 18,955 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 Dublin 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 Dublin Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MFN / NZMF |
Airport Name: | Milford Sound Airport |
Location: | Milford Sound, New Zealand |
GPS Coordinates: | 44°40'23"S by 167°55'23"E |
Area Served: | Milford Sound |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Transport |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 10 feet (3 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MFN |
More Information: | MFN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DUB / EIDW |
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Location: | Dublin, Ireland |
GPS Coordinates: | 53°25'17"N by 6°16'11"W |
Area Served: | Dublin, Ireland |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Ireland |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 242 feet (74 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from DUB |
More Information: | DUB Maps & Info |
Facts about Milford Sound Airport (MFN):
- The closest airport to Milford Sound Airport (MFN) is Queenstown Airport (ZQN), which is located 47 miles (75 kilometers) ESE of MFN.
- 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.
- Milford Sound Airport (MFN) currently has only 1 runway.
- Post war pilot Fred ‘Popeye’ Lucas was the next to land an aircraft in Milford.
- 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.
- 1‘Taking Off-Pioneering Small Airlines Of New Zealand 1945-1970’ Published 2003 By Richard Waugh with Bruce Gavin, Peter Layne & Graeme McConnell, Pages 16–36
- Milford Sound Airport is a small but very busy airport in Milford Sound, in New Zealands Fiordland region of the South Island.
Facts about Dublin Airport (DUB):
- In 2005 Gulf Air launched a direct route to Bahrain in the Middle East.
- Dublin Airport handled 20,166,783 passengers last year.
- Throughout the 1950s Dublin Airport expanded with virtually uninterrupted traffic growth.
- The closest airport to Dublin Airport (DUB) is Kilkenny Airport (KKY), which is located 68 miles (110 kilometers) SW of DUB.
- In October 2004, Aer Rianta was renamed as the Dublin Airport Authority plc, following the State Airports Act 2004.
- The DAA has its own branch of the Airport Police Service which is mandated to provide aviation and general policing at the airport.
- Because of Dublin Airport's relatively low elevation of 242 feet, planes can take off or land at Dublin 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 addition to being known as "Dublin Airport", another name for DUB is "Aerfort Bhaile Átha Cliath".
- With the success of Ireland's 'Celtic Tiger' economy, Dublin Airport saw growth in the 1990s and 2000s.
- On 8 June 2012, United Airlines commenced a new daily service to Washington DC, also to operate from Terminal 2.
- The furthest airport from Dublin Airport (DUB) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,922 miles (19,187 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
- The airport saw significant declines in traffic in 2009 and 2010, although since 2011 the airport has seen an uptick in traffic.
- Dublin Airport (DUB) has 2 runways.