Nonstop flight route between Palmerston North, New Zealand and Agen, France:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Palmerston North Airport (PMR), Palmerston North, New Zealand and Agen La Garenne Airport (AGF), Agen, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 12,069 miles (or 19,423 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 Palmerston North Airport and Agen La Garenne 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 Palmerston North Airport and Agen La Garenne Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

The distance between PMR and AGF makes them almost exactly antipodal (the exact opposite side of the world) to each other. Nonstop flights between Palmerston North Airport and Agen La Garenne Airport would be very impractical for the airlines, because only a lightly loaded Boeing 777-200LR would be able to make the trip. Since airlines need to be able to take as many people and cargo as possible in order to make a profit, the odds of ever seeing a nonstop flight between PMR and AGF are slim to none. However, you'll still be able to get from Palmerston North, New Zealand and Agen, France by taking some connecting flights!

Did you know that one full circling of the Earth (measuring from the equator) is about 24,901.5 miles (or 40,075 kilometers), which means if you were 12,450 miles from any given point on the planet, the distance back to your starting point would be about the same -- in any direction! The same can be said for a nonstop flight between PMR and AGF!

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Facts about Palmerston North Airport (PMR):

• Palmerston North Airport (PMR) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Palmerston North Airport (PMR) is Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport[1] (MAD), which is nearly antipodal to Palmerston North Airport (meaning Palmerston North Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport[1]), and is located 12,392 miles (19,943 kilometers) away in Madrid, Spain.
• Because of Palmerston North Airport's relatively low elevation of 151 feet, planes can take off or land at Palmerston North 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 closest airport to Palmerston North Airport (PMR) is Wanganui Airport (WAG), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) NW of PMR.
• There were two regular international services departing from this airport, to Sydney and Brisbane operated by Freedom Air, however services ended in March 2008.
• Palmerston North Airport handled 449,090 passengers last year.

Facts about Agen La Garenne Airport (AGF):

• The closest airport to Agen La Garenne Airport (AGF) is Bergerac Dordogne Périgord Airport (EGC), which is located 45 miles (72 kilometers) N of AGF.
• The furthest airport from Agen La Garenne Airport (AGF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Agen La Garenne Airport (meaning Agen La Garenne Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,288 miles (19,775 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Agen La Garenne Airport's relatively low elevation of 204 feet, planes can take off or land at Agen La Garenne 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.
• Agen La Garenne Airport (AGF) currently has only 1 runway.
• Agen La Garenne Airport handled 35,108 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Agen La Garenne Airport", another name for AGF is "Aérodrome d'Agen - La Garenne".