Nonstop flight route between Roskilde (near Copenhagen), Denmark and Invercargill, New Zealand:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Roskilde Airport (RKE), Roskilde (near Copenhagen), Denmark and Invercargill Airport (IVC), Invercargill, New Zealand would travel a Great Circle distance of 11,232 miles (or 18,076 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 Roskilde Airport and Invercargill 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 Roskilde Airport and Invercargill Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Roskilde Airport (RKE):

• A small Danish Air Force installation is located adjacent to the airport, called Flyvestation Skalstrup.
• The furthest airport from Roskilde Airport (RKE) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,539 miles (18,570 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Roskilde Airport", other names for RKE include "Københavns Lufthavn, Roskilde" and "Copenhagen Airport, Roskilde".
• Because of Roskilde Airport's relatively low elevation of 146 feet, planes can take off or land at Roskilde 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.
• Roskilde Airport, officially known as Copenhagen Airport, Roskilde, is located 4 nautical miles southeast of Roskilde near the town Tune.
• The closest airport to Roskilde Airport (RKE) is Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup (CPH), which is located 21 miles (33 kilometers) E of RKE.
• Lately Roskilde Airport has been the departure airport of Danish troops deploying to or returning from overseas locations, primarily Afghanistan, due to its more private and secluded atmosphere, compared to the far busier Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup.
• Roskilde Airport (RKE) has 2 runways.

Facts about Invercargill Airport (IVC):

• Invercargill Airport (IVC) has 4 runways.
• The furthest airport from Invercargill Airport (IVC) is A Coruña Airport (LCG), which is nearly antipodal to Invercargill Airport (meaning Invercargill Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from A Coruña Airport), and is located 12,168 miles (19,582 kilometers) away in A Coruña, Spain.
• The passenger terminal facilities have developed around a striking permanent 'Festival of Britain' two-level structure built in 1963, which features a distinctive lozenge-shaped roof and fully glazed airside walls giving great views of the runway from the upper deck.
• Invercargill Airport has had aspirations from the 1980s through to the 2000s as an international destination with proposals that have failed to get off the ground with nearby Queenstown being developed as a more direct route for jet aircraft.
• Today the airport is visited by aircraft of the United States ANG, Australian RAAF, Italy's Aeronautica Militare and RNZAF as part of Antarctic flight diversion training.
• Regular types using the airport now are, ATR 72, and Dash 8 Q-300.
• Invercargill Airport is a controlled aerodrome located one mile west of the city centre of Invercargill at the bottom of the South Island of New Zealand.
• Invercargill Airport handled 27,092 passengers last year.
• Because of Invercargill Airport's relatively low elevation of 5 feet, planes can take off or land at Invercargill 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.
• The closest airport to Invercargill Airport (IVC) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 35 miles (57 kilometers) SSW of IVC.