Nonstop flight route between Seville, Spain and Kaitaia, New Zealand:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Seville Airport (SVQ), Seville, Spain and Kaitaia Airport (KAT), Kaitaia, New Zealand would travel a Great Circle distance of 12,268 miles (or 19,744 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 Seville Airport and Kaitaia 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 Seville Airport and Kaitaia Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

The distance between SVQ and KAT makes them almost exactly antipodal (the exact opposite side of the world) to each other. Nonstop flights between Seville Airport and Kaitaia Airport would be very impractical for the airlines, because only a lightly loaded Boeing 777-200LR would be able to make the trip. Since airlines need to be able to take as many people and cargo as possible in order to make a profit, the odds of ever seeing a nonstop flight between SVQ and KAT are slim to none. However, you'll still be able to get from Seville, Spain and Kaitaia, New Zealand by taking some connecting flights!

Did you know that one full circling of the Earth (measuring from the equator) is about 24,901.5 miles (or 40,075 kilometers), which means if you were 12,450 miles from any given point on the planet, the distance back to your starting point would be about the same -- in any direction! The same can be said for a nonstop flight between SVQ and KAT!

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Facts about Seville Airport (SVQ):

• Seville Airport handled 428,748 passengers last year.
• In 1929 the first flight was operated between Madrid and Seville and in 1930, this was extended to the Canary Islands.
• The furthest airport from Seville Airport (SVQ) is Auckland Airport (AKL), which is nearly antipodal to Seville Airport (meaning Seville Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Auckland Airport), and is located 12,389 miles (19,939 kilometers) away in Mangere, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Seville Airport", another name for SVQ is "Aeropuerto de Sevilla".
• The closest airport to Seville Airport (SVQ) is Jerez Airport (XRY), which is located 47 miles (76 kilometers) S of SVQ.
• In 1914, the first plane flying between the peninsula and Morocco landed at the improvised aerodrome of Tablada, which had been fitted out the previous year for an air festival.
• Because of Seville Airport's relatively low elevation of 112 feet, planes can take off or land at Seville 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.
• Travelling by Taxi is a low cost and convenient way to get from the airport to the city centre, especially if you have a family or a lot of luggage.
• In 1957, works were carried out on the terminal building and the control tower.
• Seville Airport (SVQ) currently has only 1 runway.
• In 1965 an Instrument Landing System was installed.

Facts about Kaitaia Airport (KAT):

• Because of Kaitaia Airport's relatively low elevation of 270 feet, planes can take off or land at Kaitaia 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 furthest airport from Kaitaia Airport (KAT) is Kenitra Air Base (NNA), which is nearly antipodal to Kaitaia Airport (meaning Kaitaia Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kenitra Air Base), and is located 12,383 miles (19,929 kilometers) away in Kenitra, Morocco.
• The closest airport to Kaitaia Airport (KAT) is Kerikeri Airport (KKE), which is located 38 miles (61 kilometers) ESE of KAT.
• Kaitaia Airport has a 1,402m sealed runway and a gravel cross runway of 1,277m.
• Kaitaia Airport (KAT) has 2 runways.