Nonstop flight route between Victorville, California, United States and Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Southern California Logistics Airport (VCV), Victorville, California, United States and Chatham Islands (CHT), Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,566 miles (or 10,568 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 Southern California Logistics Airport and Chatham Islands, 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 Southern California Logistics Airport and Chatham Islands. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | VCV / KVCV |
Airport Name: | Southern California Logistics Airport |
Location: | Victorville, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°35'50"N by 117°22'59"W |
Area Served: | Victorville, California |
Operator/Owner: | United States Air Force |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2885 feet (879 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from VCV |
More Information: | VCV Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CHT / NZCI |
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Location: | Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand |
GPS Coordinates: | 43°48'36"S by 176°27'25"W |
Operator/Owner: | New Zealand Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 43 feet (13 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CHT |
More Information: | CHT Maps & Info |
Facts about Southern California Logistics Airport (VCV):
- Southern California Logistics Airport (VCV) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Southern California Logistics Airport (VCV) is Apple Valley Airport (APV), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) E of VCV.
- The SCLA Military Operations in Urban Terrain facility offers urban warfare training, and has served over 15,000 U.S.
- The furthest airport from Southern California Logistics Airport (VCV) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,421 miles (18,380 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- The Fiscal Year 2002 military spending bill earmarked US$1.3 million to allow the U.S.
Facts about Chatham Islands (CHT):
- The closest airport to Chatham Islands (CHT) is Hood Aerodrome (MRO), which is located 448 miles (722 kilometers) WNW of CHT.
- Chatham Islands (CHT) currently has only 1 runway.
- Air Chathams operate services to Auckland, to Christchurch, and to Wellington operating Convair 580 aircraft, on the following days.
- Because of Chatham Islands's relatively low elevation of 43 feet, planes can take off or land at Chatham Islands 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.
- In addition to being known as "Chatham Islands", another name for CHT is "Tuuta Airport".
- The furthest airport from Chatham Islands (CHT) is Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport (MPL), which is nearly antipodal to Chatham Islands (meaning Chatham Islands is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport), and is located 12,410 miles (19,972 kilometers) away in Montpellier, France.
- In 2012 The New Zealand Government announced plans to develop the airport as part of an overall Economic Plan for the Chatham Islands.