Nonstop flight route between Mejit Island, Marshall Islands and Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mejit Airport (MJB), Mejit Island, Marshall Islands and Chatham Islands (CHT), Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,821 miles (or 6,150 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 Mejit 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 Mejit 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 Mejit Airport (MJB):

• Because of Mejit Airport's relatively low elevation of 5 feet, planes can take off or land at Mejit 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.
• Mejit Airport (MJB) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Mejit Airport (MJB) is RAF Ascension (ASI), which is nearly antipodal to Mejit Airport (meaning Mejit Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAF Ascension), and is located 12,044 miles (19,383 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena.
• In addition to being known as "Mejit Airport", another name for MJB is "Q30".
• The closest airport to Mejit Airport (MJB) is Ailuk Airport (AIM), which is located 60 miles (97 kilometers) W of MJB.

Facts about Chatham Islands (CHT):

• A small aviation museum is also based there, signifying the importance that aviation has played in developing the economic wealth of the island group.
• In 2012 The New Zealand Government announced plans to develop the airport as part of an overall Economic Plan for the Chatham Islands.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Chatham Islands", another name for CHT is "Tuuta Airport".
• Chatham Islands (CHT) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Chatham Islands (CHT) is Hood Aerodrome (MRO), which is located 448 miles (722 kilometers) WNW of CHT.