Nonstop flight route between Kingston, Ontario, Canada and Rotorua, New Zealand:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kingston Airport (YGK), Kingston, Ontario, Canada and Rotorua International Airport (ROT), Rotorua, New Zealand would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,747 miles (or 14,076 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 Kingston Airport and Rotorua International 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 Kingston Airport and Rotorua International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kingston Airport (YGK):

• The closest airport to Kingston Airport (YGK) is Watertown International Airport (ART), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) ESE of YGK.
• The airport is named after former MP Norman McLeod Rogers, Minister of Labour and then National Defence in Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's cabinet.
• The furthest airport from Kingston Airport (YGK) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,490 miles (18,492 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Norman Rogers is a mandatory frequency airport with an operating Flight Service Station.
• Kingston Airport or Kingston/Norman Rogers Airport, is an airport located 4.3 nautical miles west of the core of Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
• Kingston Airport (YGK) has 2 runways.
• The airport is classified as an airport of entry by NAV CANADA and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency.
• Because of Kingston Airport's relatively low elevation of 303 feet, planes can take off or land at Kingston 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.
• Before 1940, Kingston was served only by the Kingston Airfield, a grass strip just north of the city's downtown, which closed in 1942.

Facts about Rotorua International Airport (ROT):

• The closest airport to Rotorua International Airport (ROT) is Tauranga Airport (TRG), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) NNW of ROT.
• Construction began in 2008.
• Qantas previously served Rotorua from Christchurch using Boeing 737 aircraft, but this service was withdrawn in 2009.
• Because of Rotorua International Airport's relatively low elevation of 936 feet, planes can take off or land at Rotorua 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.
• Rotorua International Airport handled 227,578 passengers last year.
• Rotorua International Airport (ROT) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Rotorua International Airport (ROT) is Ciudad Real Central Airport (CQM), which is nearly antipodal to Rotorua International Airport (meaning Rotorua International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ciudad Real Central Airport), and is located 12,383 miles (19,928 kilometers) away in Ciudad Real, Spain.