Nonstop flight route between Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand and Sidi Ifni, Morocco:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ), Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand and Sania Ramel Airport (SII), Sidi Ifni, Morocco would travel a Great Circle distance of 12,070 miles (or 19,424 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 Sania Ramel 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 Sania Ramel Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

The distance between PPQ and SII makes them almost exactly antipodal (the exact opposite side of the world) to each other. Nonstop flights between Kapiti Coast Airport and Sania Ramel Airport would be very impractical for the airlines, because only a lightly loaded Boeing 777-200LR would be able to make the trip. Since airlines need to be able to take as many people and cargo as possible in order to make a profit, the odds of ever seeing a nonstop flight between PPQ and SII are slim to none. However, you'll still be able to get from Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand and Sidi Ifni, Morocco by taking some connecting flights!

Did you know that one full circling of the Earth (measuring from the equator) is about 24,901.5 miles (or 40,075 kilometers), which means if you were 12,450 miles from any given point on the planet, the distance back to your starting point would be about the same -- in any direction! The same can be said for a nonstop flight between PPQ and SII!

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Facts about Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ):

• 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.
• Re-development proposals involve closing 11/29, with a parallel grass runway as the only crosswind runway.
• The closest airport to Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) is Wellington International Airport (WLG), which is located 31 miles (49 kilometers) SSW of PPQ.
• Kapiti Coast Airport, earlier called Paraparaumu Airport, is on the Kapiti Coast of New Zealand's North Island, between the Wellington dormitory suburbs of Paraparaumu Beach, Paraparaumu to the east, and Raumati Beach to the south.
• 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.
• On 24 October 2011, Air Nelson, a subsidiary of Air New Zealand, commenced flights between Auckland and Paraparaumu.
• Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) has 3 runways.
• New Zealand's Civil Aviation Authority has recently approved the airport after identifying approach obstruction issues.
• As recently as 1992, alternate sites for a new airport for Wellington were investigated, including Paraparaumu, but a decision was made to upgrade Wellington Airport's existing site.

Facts about Sania Ramel Airport (SII):

• In addition to being known as "Sania Ramel Airport", other names for SII include "مطار تطوان سانية الرمل", "Aéroport Tétouan – Sania R'mel", "TTU", "GMTN" and "TTU".
• It also played a relevant role in the beginning of the Spanish Civil War.
• Sania Ramel Airport (SII) currently has only 1 runway.
• Sania Ramel Airport handled 15,039 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Sania Ramel Airport (SII) is Sania Ramel Airport (TTU), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of SII.
• The furthest airport from Sania Ramel Airport (SII) is Whangarei Airport (WRE), which is nearly antipodal to Sania Ramel Airport (meaning Sania Ramel Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Whangarei Airport), and is located 12,415 miles (19,981 kilometers) away in Whangarei, New Zealand.
• Because of Sania Ramel Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Sania Ramel 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.
• After Morocco's independence in 1957, the airport was transferred to the new administration, after which it started to decline.
• Before the start of the Spanish Civil War, a paved runway was built which enabled Sania Ramel to serve as civil airport for Tetouan.
• Aircraft parking space of 11,300 square metres supports two ATR 42 and Boeing 737-800s.
• On 1 July 1927 civilian operations started in the airfield, which became a stopover in the postal flight route between Larache and Seville for some months that year.