Nonstop flight route between Masterton, New Zealand and Kinston, North Carolina, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Hood Aerodrome (MRO), Masterton, New Zealand and Kinston Regional Jetport (ISO), Kinston, North Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,556 miles (or 13,770 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 Hood Aerodrome and Kinston Regional Jetport, 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 Hood Aerodrome and Kinston Regional Jetport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Hood Aerodrome (MRO):

• Hood Aerodrome (MRO) has 4 runways.
• Because of Hood Aerodrome's relatively low elevation of 364 feet, planes can take off or land at Hood Aerodrome 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 closest airport to Hood Aerodrome (MRO) is Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ), which is located 34 miles (55 kilometers) W of MRO.
• The aerodrome is also been used as a dragstrip for over ten years and there are plans to build a purpose built dragstrip.
• The furthest airport from Hood Aerodrome (MRO) is Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport[1] (MAD), which is nearly antipodal to Hood Aerodrome (meaning Hood Aerodrome is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport[1]), and is located 12,382 miles (19,927 kilometers) away in Madrid, Spain.

Facts about Kinston Regional Jetport (ISO):

• Kinston Jetport originally was built in 1944 by the United States Navy.
• In addition to being known as "Kinston Regional Jetport", another name for ISO is "Stallings Field".
• The closest airport to Kinston Regional Jetport (ISO) is Seymour Johnson Air Force Base (GSB), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) W of ISO.
• In April 1957, ATC proposed that the contract training program at Stallings AB be closed.
• Because of Kinston Regional Jetport's relatively low elevation of 94 feet, planes can take off or land at Kinston Regional Jetport 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.
• Kinston Regional Jetport (ISO) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Kinston Regional Jetport (ISO) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,708 miles (18,843 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.