Nonstop flight route between Whangarei, New Zealand and Grenoble, France:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Whangarei Airport (WRE), Whangarei, New Zealand and Grenoble–Isère Airport (GNB), Grenoble, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 11,561 miles (or 18,605 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 Whangarei Airport and Grenoble–Isère 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 Whangarei Airport and Grenoble–Isère Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Whangarei Airport (WRE):

• Whangarei Airport (WRE) has 2 runways.
• The 1990s saw the introduction of a new airline, Ansett New Zealand, as competition to Air New Zealand.
• In 2007, Sunair begun daily air services between Whangarei, Tauranga, Rotorua and Napier.
• The furthest airport from Whangarei Airport (WRE) is Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG), which is nearly antipodal to Whangarei Airport (meaning Whangarei Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport), and is located 12,421 miles (19,989 kilometers) away in Tangier, Morocco.
• On the 1st of October 2013, thanks to Northpower, the airport had installed free wifi available to everyone.
• The airport has a modern air-conditioned terminal building with free wifi and a cafeteria, which services Air New Zealand's subsidiaries, Eagle Airways and Air Nelson.
• Because of Whangarei Airport's relatively low elevation of 133 feet, planes can take off or land at Whangarei 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 Whangarei Airport (WRE) is Dargaville Aerodrome (DGR), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) WSW of WRE.
• Ansett went into liquidation in 2001, and this resulted in Air New Zealand's subsidary Eagle Airways being the only major airline operating out of the airport.
• The NAC began regular commercial flights between Whangarei and Auckland in 1947.
• The change in aircraft type restored capacity to 136,656 seats available on Air New Zealand per year.
• On 19 November 1955 a Tiger Moth owned by the Northland Districts Aero Club crashed into Whangarei Harbour and two people were injured.

Facts about Grenoble–Isère Airport (GNB):

• The furthest airport from Grenoble–Isère Airport (GNB) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Grenoble–Isère Airport (meaning Grenoble–Isère Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,298 miles (19,792 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Grenoble–Isère Airport (GNB) is Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) NNW of GNB.
• In addition to being known as "Grenoble–Isère Airport", another name for GNB is "Aéroport de Grenoble–Isère".
• Grenoble–Isère Airport (GNB) has 2 runways.