Nonstop flight route between Penza, Russia and Hokitika, New Zealand:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Penza Airport (PEZ), Penza, Russia and Hokitika Airport (HKK), Hokitika, New Zealand would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,900 miles (or 15,932 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 Penza Airport and Hokitika 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 Penza Airport and Hokitika Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Penza Airport (PEZ):

• The closest airport to Penza Airport (PEZ) is Saransk Airport (SKX), which is located 70 miles (113 kilometers) N of PEZ.
• Because of Penza Airport's relatively low elevation of 614 feet, planes can take off or land at Penza 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.
• Penza Airport (PEZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Penza Airport", another name for PEZ is "Аеропорт Пенза".
• The furthest airport from Penza Airport (PEZ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,463 miles (16,838 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.

Facts about Hokitika Airport (HKK):

• The main runway has a landing distance of 1,314 metres, but for take off is considered to have a distance of 1,374m.
• Hokitika Airport (HKK) has 2 runways.
• Air Travel Ltd was the first airline in New Zealand to fly scheduled air services.
• The furthest airport from Hokitika Airport (HKK) is Santiago de Compostela Airport (SCQ), which is nearly antipodal to Hokitika Airport (meaning Hokitika Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Santiago de Compostela Airport), and is located 12,404 miles (19,962 kilometers) away in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
• The closest airport to Hokitika Airport (HKK) is Greymouth Airport (GMN), which is located 20 miles (33 kilometers) NNE of HKK.
• Because of Hokitika Airport's relatively low elevation of 146 feet, planes can take off or land at Hokitika 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 grass surfaces and susceptibility to flooding of Hokitika’s Southside airfield were always problematic.