Nonstop flight route between Palmerston North, New Zealand and Keflavík (near Reykjavík), Iceland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Palmerston North Airport (PMR), Palmerston North, New Zealand and Keflavík International Airport (KEF), Keflavík (near Reykjavík), Iceland would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,644 miles (or 17,129 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 Keflavík International 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 Keflavík International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PMR / NZPM |
Airport Name: | Palmerston North Airport |
Location: | Palmerston North, New Zealand |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°19'14"S by 175°37'0"E |
Operator/Owner: | Palmerston North Airport |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 151 feet (46 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from PMR |
More Information: | PMR Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KEF / BIKF |
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Location: | Keflavík (near Reykjavík), Iceland |
GPS Coordinates: | 63°59'5"N by 22°36'20"W |
Area Served: | Greater Reykjavík Area |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 171 feet (52 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from KEF |
More Information: | KEF Maps & Info |
Facts about Palmerston North Airport (PMR):
- The closest airport to Palmerston North Airport (PMR) is Wanganui Airport (WAG), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) NW of 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.
- 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.
- 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 (PMR) has 2 runways.
Facts about Keflavík International Airport (KEF):
- Keflavík International Airport (KEF) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Keflavík International Airport (KEF) is Reykjavík Airport (RKV), which is located 22 miles (36 kilometers) ENE of KEF.
- Keflavík International Airport, also known as Reykjavík-Keflavík Airport, is the largest airport in Iceland and the country's main hub for international transportation.
- Although the population of Iceland is only about 300,000, there are scheduled flights to and from nine locations in the United States, four in Canada and 31 cities across Europe.
- Because of Keflavík International Airport's relatively low elevation of 171 feet, planes can take off or land at Keflavík International 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 10,000-foot-long and 200-foot-wide runways are long enough to support NASA's Space Shuttle and also the Antonov An-225.
- The furthest airport from Keflavík International Airport (KEF) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,188 miles (18,005 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
- Transport between the airport and Reykjavik city is by road only.
- In addition to being known as "Keflavík International Airport", another name for KEF is "Keflavíkurflugvöllur".