Nonstop flight route between Tétouan, Morocco and Mangere, New Zealand:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sania Ramel Airport (TTU), Tétouan, Morocco and Auckland Airport (AKL), Mangere, New Zealand would travel a Great Circle distance of 12,339 miles (or 19,858 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 Sania Ramel Airport and Auckland 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 Sania Ramel Airport and Auckland Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

The distance between TTU and AKL makes them almost exactly antipodal (the exact opposite side of the world) to each other. Nonstop flights between Sania Ramel Airport and Auckland 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 TTU and AKL are slim to none. However, you'll still be able to get from Tétouan, Morocco and Mangere, 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 TTU and AKL!

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Facts about Sania Ramel Airport (TTU):

• Sania Ramel Airport handled 15,039 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Sania Ramel Airport", other names for TTU include "مطار تطوان سانية الرمل", "Aéroport Tétouan – Sania R'mel" and "GMTN".
• Because of Sania Ramel Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Sania Ramel 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.
• Sania Ramel Airport (TTU) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Sania Ramel Airport (TTU) is Whangarei Airport (WRE), which is nearly antipodal to Sania Ramel Airport (meaning Sania Ramel Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Whangarei Airport), and is located 12,415 miles (19,981 kilometers) away in Whangarei, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Sania Ramel Airport (TTU) is Sania Ramel Airport (SII), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of TTU.
• On 1 July 1927 civilian operations started in the airfield, which became a stopover in the postal flight route between Larache and Seville for some months that year.
• After Morocco's independence in 1957, the airport was transferred to the new administration, after which it started to decline.
• Aircraft parking space of 11,300 square metres supports two ATR 42 and Boeing 737-800s.

Facts about Auckland Airport (AKL):

• The closest airport to Auckland Airport (AKL) is Ardmore Airport (AMZ), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) E of AKL.
• Construction for Stage One started in November 2007.
• In 1960 work started to transform the site into Auckland's main airport, taking over from Whenuapai in the north-west of the city.
• The furthest airport from Auckland Airport (AKL) is Málaga Airport (AGP), which is nearly antipodal to Auckland Airport (meaning Auckland Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Málaga Airport), and is located 12,391 miles (19,942 kilometers) away in Málaga, Spain.
• Because of Auckland Airport's relatively low elevation of 23 feet, planes can take off or land at Auckland 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.
• Auckland Airport (AKL) has 2 runways.
• Until July 2008, AIAL charged all departing international passengers a $25 departure fee.
• The Government was AIAL’s majority shareholder, the rest being held by the local councils.
• Auckland Airport handled 14,829,393 passengers last year.
• The two previously separate domestic terminal buildings have now been connected by a common retail area.
• Auckland Airport is the largest and busiest airport in New Zealand with 14,829,393 passengers in the year ended November 2013.
• Auckland Airport decided that rather than building a new sub-top level to stream arriving passengers, they would build a new departures floor for passengers to "drop down" into the existing gate lounges on the first floor, which would be closed off from a central arrivals corridor by glass.