Nonstop flight route between Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand and Assis, São Paulo, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ), Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand and Marcelo Pires Halzhausen State Airport (AIF), Assis, São Paulo, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,167 miles (or 11,534 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 Kapiti Coast Airport and Marcelo Pires Halzhausen State 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 Kapiti Coast Airport and Marcelo Pires Halzhausen State Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ):

• The closest airport to Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) is Wellington International Airport (WLG), which is located 31 miles (49 kilometers) SSW of PPQ.
• Constructed by the Royal New Zealand Air Force in July 1939 using equipment from Whenuapai, Paraparaumu was made available as an "Emergency Airport" by the government.
• New Zealand's Civil Aviation Authority has recently approved the airport after identifying approach obstruction issues.
• Re-development proposals involve closing 11/29, with a parallel grass runway as the only crosswind runway.
• On 17 February 2008, above an adjacent hardware store, Placemakers, there was a triple-fatality mid-air collision between a Cessna 152 and a helicopter, both of which plummeted from approximately 1500 ft, the helicopter into the store and the plane into a nearby street.
• Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) has 3 runways.
• Because of Kapiti Coast Airport's relatively low elevation of 22 feet, planes can take off or land at Kapiti Coast 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 furthest airport from Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) is Salamanca-Matacán Airport (SLM), which is nearly antipodal to Kapiti Coast Airport (meaning Kapiti Coast Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Salamanca-Matacán Airport), and is located 12,411 miles (19,973 kilometers) away in Salamanca, Spain.
• In 1949 a Lockheed Lodestar from Whenuapai crashed into the Tararua Range.

Facts about Marcelo Pires Halzhausen State Airport (AIF):

• The furthest airport from Marcelo Pires Halzhausen State Airport (AIF) is Minami-Daito Airport (MMD), which is nearly antipodal to Marcelo Pires Halzhausen State Airport (meaning Marcelo Pires Halzhausen State Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Minami-Daito Airport), and is located 12,190 miles (19,618 kilometers) away in Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan.
• The closest airport to Marcelo Pires Halzhausen State Airport (AIF) is Francisco Lacerda Junior Airport (CKO), which is located 37 miles (59 kilometers) SSW of AIF.
• Marcelo Pires Halzhausen State Airport handled 7,957 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Marcelo Pires Halzhausen State Airport", other names for AIF include "Aeroporto Estadual Marcelo Pires Halzhausen" and "SNAX".
• The airport is presently dedicated to general aviation.
• Currently no scheduled flights operate at this airport.
• Marcelo Pires Halzhausen State Airport (AIF) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport is located 7 km from downtown Assis.