Nonstop flight route between Palmerston North, New Zealand and Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Palmerston North Airport (PMR), Palmerston North, New Zealand and Region of Waterloo International Airport (YKF), Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,663 miles (or 13,942 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 Region of Waterloo 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 Region of Waterloo International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Palmerston North Airport (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.
• The closest airport to Palmerston North Airport (PMR) is Wanganui Airport (WAG), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) NW of PMR.
• The first airfield on this site was created by the Milson Aerodrome Society in 1931, comprising a grass runway.
• 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.
• Palmerston North Airport (PMR) has 2 runways.

Facts about Region of Waterloo International Airport (YKF):

• The baseball diamond and soccer pitch at Lexington Park, 291 Lexington Road in Waterloo, are the site of the original hangar built in 1930.
• Region of Waterloo International Airport or Kitchener/Waterloo Airport is situated near Breslau, in Woolwich Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
• Region of Waterloo International Airport (YKF) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Region of Waterloo International Airport (YKF) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,377 miles (18,309 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• As of late 2005, major vacation charters have begun to operate during their peak season.
• Region of Waterloo International Airport handled 138,733 passengers last year.
• The Kitchener-Waterloo Municipal Airport, also known as Lexington Airport, began construction in 1929 on the Heinrich farm on Lexington Road in Waterloo.
• The closest airport to Region of Waterloo International Airport (YKF) is John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport (YHM), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) SE of YKF.
• On 25 March 2014 Bearskin Airlines announced that they will terminate all scheduled service from the airport effective 1 April 2014.