Nonstop flight route between Santiago, Dominican Republic and Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Cibao International Airport (STI), Santiago, Dominican Republic and Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ), Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,347 miles (or 13,433 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 Cibao International Airport 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 Cibao International Airport 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 Cibao International Airport (STI):

• Because of Cibao International Airport's relatively low elevation of 565 feet, planes can take off or land at Cibao International 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.
• Cibao International Airport (STI) currently has only 1 runway.
• Cibao International Airport handled 1,092,229 passengers last year.
• Delta Air Lines operates four daily flights to New York-JFK using the Boeing 737-800 since July 2013.
• In 2003 Aeromar Líneas Aéreas Dominicanas stopped their flights into Santiago after the airline stopped operations.
• The furthest airport from Cibao International Airport (STI) is RAAF Learmonth (LEA), which is nearly antipodal to Cibao International Airport (meaning Cibao International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAAF Learmonth), and is located 12,076 miles (19,435 kilometers) away in Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Cibao International Airport (STI) is Gregorio Luperón International Airport (POP), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) N of STI.
• The airport's owners are planning to expand the runway and the construction of the new taxiway next to the runway by the next year.
• In addition to being known as "Cibao International Airport", another name for STI is "Aeropuerto Internacional del Cibao".

Facts about Kapiti Coast Airport (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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) has 3 runways.
• Originally government-owned, the Kapiti Coast Airport was the greater Wellington region's main airport until Wellington International Airport re-opened in 1959.
• In 1949 a Lockheed Lodestar from Whenuapai crashed into the Tararua Range.
• The closest airport to Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) is Wellington International Airport (WLG), which is located 31 miles (49 kilometers) SSW of PPQ.
• 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.