Nonstop flight route between Tulcán, Ecuador and Masterton, New Zealand:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Teniente Coronel Luis A Mantilla International Airport (TUA), Tulcán, Ecuador and Hood Aerodrome (MRO), Masterton, New Zealand would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,120 miles (or 11,458 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 Teniente Coronel Luis A Mantilla International Airport and Hood 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 Teniente Coronel Luis A Mantilla International Airport and Hood Aerodrome. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Teniente Coronel Luis A Mantilla International Airport (TUA):

• Teniente Coronel Luis A Mantilla International Airport (TUA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Teniente Coronel Luis A Mantilla International Airport (TUA) is San Luis Airport (IPI), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) NE of TUA.
• Because of Teniente Coronel Luis A Mantilla International Airport's high elevation of 9,649 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at TUA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make TUA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from Teniente Coronel Luis A Mantilla International Airport (TUA) is Depati Parbo Airport (KRC), which is nearly antipodal to Teniente Coronel Luis A Mantilla International Airport (meaning Teniente Coronel Luis A Mantilla International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Depati Parbo Airport), and is located 12,331 miles (19,845 kilometers) away in Kerinci, Indonesia.

Facts about Hood Aerodrome (MRO):

• The furthest airport from Hood Aerodrome (MRO) is Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport[1] (MAD), which is nearly antipodal to Hood Aerodrome (meaning Hood Aerodrome is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport[1]), and is located 12,382 miles (19,927 kilometers) away in Madrid, Spain.
• Hood Aerodrome is an aerodrome, located in southern urban area of Masterton, New Zealand it is only 1 NM South West from the town centre on South Road in Solway.
• The closest airport to Hood Aerodrome (MRO) is Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ), which is located 34 miles (55 kilometers) W of MRO.
• The aerodrome is also been used as a dragstrip for over ten years and there are plans to build a purpose built dragstrip.
• Because of Hood Aerodrome's relatively low elevation of 364 feet, planes can take off or land at Hood 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.
• Hood Aerodrome (MRO) has 4 runways.