Nonstop flight route between Whangarei, New Zealand and Jönköping, Sweden:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Whangarei Airport (WRE), Whangarei, New Zealand and Jönköping Airport (JKG), Jönköping, Sweden would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,669 miles (or 17,169 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 Jönköping 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 Jönköping Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | WRE / NZWR |
Airport Name: | Whangarei Airport |
Location: | Whangarei, New Zealand |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°46'5"S by 174°21'54"E |
Operator/Owner: | Whangarei District Airport |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 133 feet (41 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from WRE |
More Information: | WRE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | JKG / ESGJ |
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Location: | Jönköping, Sweden |
GPS Coordinates: | 57°45'29"N by 14°4'18"E |
Operator/Owner: | Swedish Civil Aviation Administration |
Airport Type: | Public (Luftfartsverket) |
Elevation: | 741 feet (226 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from JKG |
More Information: | JKG Maps & Info |
Facts about Whangarei Airport (WRE):
- Whangarei has several scheduled flight destinations, the furthest away being Wellington at 626 km.
- The NAC began regular commercial flights between Whangarei and Auckland in 1947.
- The WDC predicts a high growth rate in aircraft movements over the next 15 years, potentially reaching 45,500 aircraft movements by 2027.
- The closest airport to Whangarei Airport (WRE) is Dargaville Aerodrome (DGR), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) WSW of WRE.
- On 22 November 2005, a PAC Fletcher top dressing plane en route to Whangarei Airport crashed 5km west of Whangarei in the Pukenui Forest due to loss of the vertical stabiliser.
- Whangarei Airport (WRE) has 2 runways.
- In 2008, Salt Air begun an "xpress" service between Kerikeri, Whangarei and Auckland.
- 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.
- 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 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.
- The control tower was closed down in 1988 as the airport was too small to warrant the service.
Facts about Jönköping Airport (JKG):
- Jönköping Airport (JKG) has 2 runways.
- In the arrival terminal there is a telephone direct connected to the local taxi company.
- The furthest airport from Jönköping Airport (JKG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,372 miles (18,301 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Jönköping Airport (JKG) is Lidköping-Hovby Airport (LDK), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) NNW of JKG.
- The airport was founded and opened in 1961 and was nationally owned until December 2009.
- In addition to being known as "Jönköping Airport", another name for JKG is "Jönköping flygplats".
- Because of Jönköping Airport's relatively low elevation of 741 feet, planes can take off or land at Jönköping 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.