Nonstop flight route between Mangaia Island, Cook Islands and Merville / Calonne, France:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Mangaia Island Airport (MGS), Mangaia Island, Cook Islands and Merville - Calonne Airport (HZB), Merville / Calonne, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,191 miles (or 16,401 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 Mangaia Island Airport and Merville - Calonne 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 Mangaia Island Airport and Merville - Calonne Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MGS / NCMG |
Airport Name: | Mangaia Island Airport |
Location: | Mangaia Island, Cook Islands |
GPS Coordinates: | 21°53'44"S by 157°54'24"W |
Elevation: | 0 feet (0 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from MGS |
More Information: | MGS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HZB / LFQT |
Airport Names: |
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Location: | Merville / Calonne, France |
GPS Coordinates: | 50°37'0"N by 2°38'24"E |
Area Served: | Merville, Nord, France |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 61 feet (19 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from HZB |
More Information: | HZB Maps & Info |
Facts about Mangaia Island Airport (MGS):
- Because of Mangaia Island Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Mangaia Island 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.
- The furthest airport from Mangaia Island Airport (MGS) is Kufra Airport (AKF), which is nearly antipodal to Mangaia Island Airport (meaning Mangaia Island Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kufra Airport), and is located 12,261 miles (19,732 kilometers) away in Kufra, Libya.
- The closest airport to Mangaia Island Airport (MGS) is Akatoka Manava Airport (Mauke Airport) (MUK), which is located 127 miles (204 kilometers) NNE of MGS.
Facts about Merville - Calonne Airport (HZB):
- The closest airport to Merville - Calonne Airport (HZB) is Lille Airport (LIL), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) E of HZB.
- Merville - Calonne Airport (HZB) has 2 runways.
- Airfield has numerous wartime relics, including many bunkers.
- Merville – Calonne Airport is a regional airport in France.
- The furthest airport from Merville - Calonne Airport (HZB) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,965 miles (19,255 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Originally built by Germans as a Luftwaffe airfield as part of the defensed of the Pas de Calais area.
- Because of Merville - Calonne Airport's relatively low elevation of 61 feet, planes can take off or land at Merville - Calonne 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 "Merville - Calonne Airport", other names for HZB include "Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) B-53" and "Aéroport de Merville - Calonne".