Nonstop flight route between Tom Price, Western Australia, Australia and Ashburton, New Zealand:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tom Price Airport (TPR), Tom Price, Western Australia, Australia and Ashburton Aerodrome (ASG), Ashburton, New Zealand would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,368 miles (or 5,421 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 Tom Price Airport and Ashburton Aerodrome, 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 Tom Price Airport and Ashburton Aerodrome. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Tom Price Airport (TPR):

• The closest airport to Tom Price Airport (TPR) is Paraburdoo Airport (PBO), which is located 30 miles (49 kilometers) SSW of TPR.
• The furthest airport from Tom Price Airport (TPR) is Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport (AXA), which is nearly antipodal to Tom Price Airport (meaning Tom Price Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport), and is located 12,117 miles (19,501 kilometers) away in The Valley, Anguilla.
• In December 2008, Rio Tinto lodged an application with the Shire of Ashburton to upgrade the runway and facilities to handle Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 size aircraft.
• In addition to being known as "Tom Price Airport", another name for TPR is "YTMP".
• However, on 16 January 2009, suffering the effects of lower demand and ore prices as a result of the global financial crisis, these plans were scrapped as Rio's capital expenditure program was cut.
• Tom Price Airport (TPR) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Ashburton Aerodrome (ASG):

• Ashburton Aerodrome (ASG) has 4 runways.
• The closest airport to Ashburton Aerodrome (ASG) is Richard Pearse Airport (Timaru Airport) (TIU), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) SW of ASG.
• The furthest airport from Ashburton Aerodrome (ASG) is A Coruña Airport (LCG), which is nearly antipodal to Ashburton Aerodrome (meaning Ashburton Aerodrome is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from A Coruña Airport), and is located 12,394 miles (19,947 kilometers) away in A Coruña, Spain.
• Because of Ashburton Aerodrome's relatively low elevation of 298 feet, planes can take off or land at Ashburton Aerodrome 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.