Nonstop flight route between Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand and Red Sucker Lake, Manitoba, Canada:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ), Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand and Red Sucker Lake Airport (YRS), Red Sucker Lake, Manitoba, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,486 miles (or 13,658 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 Red Sucker Lake 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 Red Sucker Lake Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PPQ / NZPP |
Airport Name: | Kapiti Coast Airport |
Location: | Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°54'16"S by 174°59'21"E |
Airport Type: | Attended, Uncontrolled, Certificated Aerodrome |
Elevation: | 22 feet (7 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from PPQ |
More Information: | PPQ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YRS / CYRS |
Airport Name: | Red Sucker Lake Airport |
Location: | Red Sucker Lake, Manitoba, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 54°10'2"N by 93°33'27"W |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Manitoba |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 745 feet (227 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YRS |
More Information: | YRS Maps & Info |
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.
- 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.
- Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) has 3 runways.
- 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.
- New Zealand's Civil Aviation Authority has recently approved the airport after identifying approach obstruction issues.
- 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.
- Re-development proposals involve closing 11/29, with a parallel grass runway as the only crosswind runway.
- In 1949 a Lockheed Lodestar from Whenuapai crashed into the Tararua Range.
- The original runway dimensions were 1350 m x 45 m with an 85 m starter extension available on runway 16, nearly touching Kapiti Road, which runs past the aerodrome.
Facts about Red Sucker Lake Airport (YRS):
- Because of Red Sucker Lake Airport's relatively low elevation of 745 feet, planes can take off or land at Red Sucker Lake 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.
- Red Sucker Lake Airport (YRS) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Red Sucker Lake Airport (YRS) is Gods Lake Narrows Airport (YGO), which is located 46 miles (75 kilometers) NW of YRS.
- The furthest airport from Red Sucker Lake Airport (YRS) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,467 miles (16,845 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.