Nonstop flight route between Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand and Madison, Indiana, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Oamaru Airport (OAM), Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand and Madison Municipal Airport (MDN), Madison, Indiana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,623 miles (or 13,878 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 Oamaru Airport and Madison Municipal 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 Oamaru Airport and Madison Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Oamaru Airport (OAM):

• The furthest airport from Oamaru Airport (OAM) is A Coruña Airport (LCG), which is nearly antipodal to Oamaru Airport (meaning Oamaru Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from A Coruña Airport), and is located 12,318 miles (19,825 kilometers) away in A Coruña, Spain.
• The town has been through a lot of hurdles to gain then lose its air service forcing residents to either travel south to Dunedin or north to Timaru to catch a flight.
• Because of Oamaru Airport's relatively low elevation of 99 feet, planes can take off or land at Oamaru 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.
• Oamaru Airport (OAM) has 3 runways.
• When scheduled services resumed in 2006 and the first BAe Jetstream 32EP arrived from Christchurch a crowd of approximately 500 people were present to view its landing.
• The closest airport to Oamaru Airport (OAM) is Richard Pearse Airport (Timaru Airport) (TIU), which is located 47 miles (75 kilometers) N of OAM.
• Regular scheduled services were withdrawn in 1989.
• A new sealed runway at the Oamaru Airport was passed as fully operational in March 1975.

Facts about Madison Municipal Airport (MDN):

• In addition to being known as "Madison Municipal Airport", another name for MDN is "IMS".
• The furthest airport from Madison Municipal Airport (MDN) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,248 miles (18,101 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Madison Municipal Airport (MDN) is Freeman Municipal Airport (SER), which is located 26 miles (43 kilometers) WNW of MDN.
• Madison Municipal Airport (MDN) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Madison Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 819 feet, planes can take off or land at Madison Municipal 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.