Nonstop flight route between Tureia, Tuamotus, French Polynesia and Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tureira Airport (ZTA), Tureia, Tuamotus, French Polynesia and General Mariano Matamoros Airport (CVJ), Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,816 miles (or 6,141 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 Tureira Airport and General Mariano Matamoros 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 Tureira Airport and General Mariano Matamoros Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Tureira Airport (ZTA):

• Because of Tureira Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Tureira 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 Tureira Airport (ZTA) is Al-Baha Domestic Airport (ABT), which is nearly antipodal to Tureira Airport (meaning Tureira Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Al-Baha Domestic Airport), and is located 12,402 miles (19,958 kilometers) away in Al-Baha, Saudi Arabia.
• Tureia atoll is 15 km long and has a maximum width of 8 km.
• From 1966 to 1999, Tureia hosted an outpost of the Centre d'Expérimentation du Pacifique, the French authority supervising nuclear tests on the nearby atolls of Moruroa and Fangataufa, which lie about 70 miles/115 kilometres south of Tureia.
• The closest airport to Tureira Airport (ZTA) is Nukutavake Airport (NUK), which is located 104 miles (167 kilometers) N of ZTA.
• This atoll has a 3,000 feet -long airstrip.
• The village of Hakamaru, population 261, is the only settlement on Tureia, at the northern tip of the atoll.

Facts about General Mariano Matamoros Airport (CVJ):

• The furthest airport from General Mariano Matamoros Airport (CVJ) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,302 miles (18,189 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The closest airport to General Mariano Matamoros Airport (CVJ) is Licenciado Adolfo López Mateos International Airport (TLC), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) NNW of CVJ.
• The airport, being composed of a sole terminal building, was recently renovated with the purpose of offering more modern facilities.
• In addition to being known as "General Mariano Matamoros Airport", another name for CVJ is "Aeropuerto Internacional General Mariano Matamoros".
• It was Aerolíneas Internacionales' hub before the airline ceased operations in 2003.
• General Mariano Matamoros Airport, also known as Cuernavaca Airport, is an airport located in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, near Mexico City.
• General Mariano Matamoros Airport (CVJ) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of General Mariano Matamoros Airport's high elevation of 4,277 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at CVJ. Combined with a high temperature, this could make CVJ a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.