Nonstop flight route between Palmerston North, New Zealand and East Farmingdale, New York, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Palmerston North Airport (PMR), Palmerston North, New Zealand and Republic Airport (FRG), East Farmingdale, New York, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,911 miles (or 14,341 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 Republic 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 Republic Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Palmerston North Airport (PMR):

• 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.
• The closest airport to Palmerston North Airport (PMR) is Wanganui Airport (WAG), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) NW of PMR.
• On 17 May 1998, ten people towed a fully fuelled Freedom Air Boeing 737-300 over 100 metres in 47 seconds, to celebrate the opening of the new runway extensions.
• Palmerston North Airport (PMR) has 2 runways.
• 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.
• Palmerston North Airport handled 449,090 passengers last year.
• Palmerston North Airport is located on the outskirts of the suburb of Milson in Palmerston North, New Zealand, 5 km north-east of the City central area.
• Tauranga Airport, Air New Zealand Link and Palmerston North Airport are in discussions to commence flights between Palmerston North and Tauranga

Facts about Republic Airport (FRG):

• The furthest airport from Republic Airport (FRG) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,775 miles (18,949 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Republic Airport is a state owned, public use airport located in East Farmingdale, in the Town of Babylon, Suffolk County, New York, United States.
• Republic Airport (FRG) has 2 runways.
• After complaints that the MTA was not contributing taxes to local governments and questions about the MTA spending at Republic, ownership of the airport was transferred to the New York State Department of Transportation by the New York State Legislature in April 1983, to promote economic development in the surrounding Long Island region.
• The airport covers an area of 526 acres at an elevation of 80 feet above mean sea level.
• Most NHL teams flying charter flights into Long Island to play the New York Islanders use Republic Airport.
• Republic Airport was developed by Sherman Fairchild as the Fairchild Flying Field in East Farmingdale on Long Island, NY in late 1927 as his flying field and airplane factory on Motor Avenue in South Farmingdale was inadequate to support the mass production of his FC-2 and Model 71 airplanes.
• The closest airport to Republic Airport (FRG) is Long Island MacArthur Airport (HAP), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) ENE of FRG.
• Because of Republic Airport's relatively low elevation of 80 feet, planes can take off or land at Republic 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.