Nonstop flight route between Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand and Tunis / Carthage, Tunisia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ), Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand and Tunis–Carthage Airport (TUN), Tunis / Carthage, Tunisia would travel a Great Circle distance of 11,572 miles (or 18,623 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 Tunis–Carthage 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 Tunis–Carthage 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):

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) has 3 runways.
• The Kapiti Aero Club is based at the airport, along with other private fliers and charter businesses.
• The closest airport to Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) is Wellington International Airport (WLG), which is located 31 miles (49 kilometers) SSW of 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.

Facts about Tunis–Carthage Airport (TUN):

• The closest airport to Tunis–Carthage Airport (TUN) is Bizerte-Sidi Ahmed Air Base (OIZ), which is located 36 miles (59 kilometers) NW of TUN.
• In addition to being known as "Tunis–Carthage Airport", other names for TUN include "Aéroport international de Tunis-Carthage" and "مطار تونس قرطاج الدولي".
• The furthest airport from Tunis–Carthage Airport (TUN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,841 miles (19,057 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Tunis–Carthage Airport's relatively low elevation of 22 feet, planes can take off or land at Tunis–Carthage 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.
• Tunis–Carthage Airport handled 3,994,705 passengers last year.
• On 7 May 2002, EgyptAir Flight 843, a Boeing 737 from Cairo crashed 4 miles from Tunis–Carthage International Airport.
• All ground handling is provided by Tunisair Handling, a 100% subsidiary of Tunisair, and security services are provided by the police and Customs.
• Tunis–Carthage Airport (TUN) has 2 runways.