Nonstop flight route between Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand and Stockholm, Sweden:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ), Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand and Stockholm Bromma Airport (BMA), Stockholm, Sweden would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,824 miles (or 17,419 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 Stockholm Bromma 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 Stockholm Bromma 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 Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ):

• New Zealand's Civil Aviation Authority has recently approved the airport after identifying approach obstruction issues.
• Originally government-owned, the Kapiti Coast Airport was the greater Wellington region's main airport until Wellington International Airport re-opened in 1959.
• On 24 October 2011, Air Nelson, a subsidiary of Air New Zealand, commenced flights between Auckland and Paraparaumu.
• Paraparaumu was judged unsuitable for international operations in the 1950s due to Kapiti Island to the near west and the Tararua Ranges barely a mile east infringing the take-off and landing flightpaths.
• Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) has 3 runways.
• 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.
• On 6 November 1970, Douglas C-47B ZK-AXS of the Ministry of Transport was damaged beyond economic repair during a downwind simulated takeoff, when the undercarriage collapsed.
• 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.
• Interest in providing commercial flights at Paraparaumu reignited because the Kapiti coast is one of New Zealand's fastest growing regional centres.
• The closest airport to Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) is Wellington International Airport (WLG), which is located 31 miles (49 kilometers) SSW of PPQ.

Facts about Stockholm Bromma Airport (BMA):

• During the 1930s the need for a proper airport for Stockholm, the capital city of Sweden, became urgent.
• In addition to being known as "Stockholm Bromma Airport", another name for BMA is "Stockholm-Bromma flygplats".
• When the airport opened in 1936 the surrounding area was mostly rural, however as the city has expanded noise has become an issue.
• Because of Stockholm Bromma Airport's relatively low elevation of 47 feet, planes can take off or land at Stockholm Bromma 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.
• Stockholm Bromma Airport (BMA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Stockholm Bromma Airport (BMA) is Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN), which is located 21 miles (33 kilometers) N of BMA.
• The furthest airport from Stockholm Bromma Airport (BMA) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,204 miles (18,030 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Sweden's first FBO, Grafair Jet Center, was built in 2004 at the Bromma Airport.