Nonstop flight route between Queenstown, New Zealand and Araguaína, Tocantins, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Queenstown Airport (ZQN), Queenstown, New Zealand and Araguaína Airport (AUX), Araguaína, Tocantins, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,161 miles (or 13,133 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 Queenstown Airport and Araguaína 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 Queenstown Airport and Araguaína Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Queenstown Airport (ZQN):

• The closest airport to Queenstown Airport (ZQN) is Wanaka Airport (WKA), which is located 32 miles (52 kilometers) NE of ZQN.
• Queenstown Airport (ZQN) has 2 runways.
• Queenstown Airport came seventh in PrivateFly.com's 2011 survey to find the world's best airport approaches.
• The furthest airport from Queenstown Airport (ZQN) is A Coruña Airport (LCG), which is nearly antipodal to Queenstown Airport (meaning Queenstown Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from A Coruña Airport), and is located 12,251 miles (19,716 kilometers) away in A Coruña, Spain.
• On 8 July 2010, Auckland International Airport Limited, the operator of Auckland Airport, announced it had entered into an agreement to take a 24.99% shareholding in Queenstown Airport Corporation Limited and form a strategic alliance between the two airports.

Facts about Araguaína Airport (AUX):

• Because of Araguaína Airport's relatively low elevation of 771 feet, planes can take off or land at Araguaína 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 airport is located 8 km from downtown Araguaína.
• In addition to being known as "Araguaína Airport", another name for AUX is "Aeroporto de Araguaína".
• The airport is currently undergoing renovation, which include the ramp, runway, runway lighting, and the terminal building.
• Trip ATR72 and Passaredo ERJ-145 at Araguaína airport apron
• Araguaína Airport (AUX) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Araguaína Airport (AUX) is Roman Tmetuchl International Airport (ROR), which is nearly antipodal to Araguaína Airport (meaning Araguaína Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Roman Tmetuchl International Airport), and is located 12,246 miles (19,707 kilometers) away in Koror, Palau.
• The airport is the main gateway to the Northern region of the state of Tocantins, and Southern region of the states of Pará and Maranhão.
• Oceanair Fokker 100 at Araguaína Airport apron
• The closest airport to Araguaína Airport (AUX) is Conceição do Araguaia Airport (CDJ), which is located 106 miles (171 kilometers) SW of AUX.