Nonstop flight route between Pristina, Kosovo and Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari" (PRN), Pristina, Kosovo and Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ), Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand would travel a Great Circle distance of 11,094 miles (or 17,855 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 Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari" and Kapiti Coast 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 Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari" and Kapiti Coast Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari" (PRN):

• Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari" (PRN) currently has only 1 runway.
• Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari" handled 1,628,678 passengers last year.
• Prishtina International Airport "Adem Jashari" to its customers who fly business class, with various airline companies, offers special services within the waiting room for business class passengers, which started operations in 2008.
• The closest airport to Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari" (PRN) is Skopje Airport (SKP), which is located 52 miles (84 kilometers) SE of PRN.
• The furthest airport from Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari" (PRN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,553 miles (18,593 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Pristina Airport was set up in the 70's to be used for military use,while it was opened for flights to Belgrade in the 90's.
• Negotiations were conducted throughout the standoff, during which Russia insisted that its troops would only be answerable to Russian commanders, and that it retain an exclusive zone for its own peacekeepers.
• In addition to being known as "Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari"", other names for PRN include "Pristina International Airport", "Aeroporti Ndërkombëtar i Prishtinës "Adem Jashari"" and "Međunarodni Aerodrom Priština Adem Jašari".
• Pristina Airport was officially opened in 1965 by the Yugoslavian government.
• Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari" is located 18 km south west of Pristina and 3 km south of Slatina and no farther than 80 km from the other cities.

Facts about Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ):

• 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.
• Originally government-owned, the Kapiti Coast Airport was the greater Wellington region's main airport until Wellington International Airport re-opened in 1959.
• The closest airport to Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) is Wellington International Airport (WLG), which is located 31 miles (49 kilometers) SSW of PPQ.
• 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.
• 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 24 October 2011, Air Nelson, a subsidiary of Air New Zealand, commenced flights between Auckland and Paraparaumu.
• In 1952 a DC-3 experienced engine failure when about to land on Runway 34, and ploughed into a house in Kohutuhutu Rd, Raumati Beach.
• 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.
• 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.