Nonstop flight route between Sulphur Springs, Texas, United States and Palmerston North, New Zealand:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport (SLR), Sulphur Springs, Texas, United States and Palmerston North Airport (PMR), Palmerston North, New Zealand would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,592 miles (or 12,219 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 Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport and Palmerston North 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 Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport and Palmerston North Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport (SLR):

• Because of Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 489 feet, planes can take off or land at Sulphur Springs Municipal 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 Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport (SLR) is Majors Airport (GVT), which is located 26 miles (43 kilometers) WSW of SLR.
• Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport covers an area of 197 acres at an elevation of 489 feet above mean sea level.
• The furthest airport from Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport (SLR) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,846 miles (17,455 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport (SLR) currently has only 1 runway.
• Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport is a city owned, public use airport located two nautical miles northwest of the central business district of Sulphur Springs, a city in Hopkins County, Texas, United States.

Facts about Palmerston North Airport (PMR):

• The closest airport to Palmerston North Airport (PMR) is Wanganui Airport (WAG), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) NW of PMR.
• Tauranga Airport, Air New Zealand Link and Palmerston North Airport are in discussions to commence flights between Palmerston North and Tauranga
• Palmerston North Airport handled 449,090 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Palmerston North Airport (PMR) is Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport[1] (MAD), which is nearly antipodal to Palmerston North Airport (meaning Palmerston North Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport[1]), and is located 12,392 miles (19,943 kilometers) away in Madrid, Spain.
• Palmerston North Airport (PMR) has 2 runways.
• Because of Palmerston North Airport's relatively low elevation of 151 feet, planes can take off or land at Palmerston North 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 17 May 1998, ten people towed a fully fuelled Freedom Air Boeing 737-300 over 100 metres in 47 seconds, to celebrate the opening of the new runway extensions.