Nonstop flight route between Wellington, New Zealand and Turin, Italy:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Wellington International Airport (WLG), Wellington, New Zealand and Turin Airport (TRN), Turin, Italy would travel a Great Circle distance of 11,738 miles (or 18,891 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 Wellington International Airport and Turin 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 Wellington International Airport and Turin Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Wellington International Airport (WLG):

• The length of the runway has limited the size of aircraft that can use the airport on a commercial basis, and overseas destinations are limited to the east coast of Australia and the South Pacific.
• The furthest airport from Wellington International Airport (WLG) is Salamanca-Matacán Airport (SLM), which is nearly antipodal to Wellington International Airport (meaning Wellington International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Salamanca-Matacán Airport), and is located 12,406 miles (19,966 kilometers) away in Salamanca, Spain.
• The closest airport to Wellington International Airport (WLG) is Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ), which is located 31 miles (49 kilometers) NNE of WLG.
• Wellington International Airport (WLG) currently has only 1 runway.
• At 2,081 metres, Wellington's runway is shorter than some New Zealand domestic airport runways.
• Wellington will be spending $40 million expanding its south west pier at the domestic terminal to cope with increased passengers numbers work is expected to be finished in 2015.
• Wellington's original domestic terminal was built as a temporary measure inside a corrugated iron hangar, originally used to assemble de Havilland aircraft.
• Because of Wellington International Airport's relatively low elevation of 42 feet, planes can take off or land at Wellington International 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.
• Since 1998 the airport has been two-thirds privately owned by Infratil, with the remaining third owned by the Wellington City Council.

Facts about Turin Airport (TRN):

• Turin Airport handled 3,521,847 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Turin Airport (TRN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Turin Airport (meaning Turin Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,213 miles (19,654 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Alenia Aeronautica has an office at the airport and in San Maurizio Canavese.
• Because of Turin Airport's relatively low elevation of 989 feet, planes can take off or land at Turin 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 closest airport to Turin Airport (TRN) is Aosta Valley Airport (AOT), which is located 39 miles (63 kilometers) NNW of TRN.
• Turin Airport (TRN) currently has only 1 runway.
• Turin airport won the ACI Europe Best Airport Awards in the category from 1 to 5 millions passengers in both 2007 and 2008.
• In addition to being known as "Turin Airport", another name for TRN is "Aeroporto di Torino".