Nonstop flight route between Lincoln, Nebraska, United States and Whangarei, New Zealand:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Lincoln Airport (LNK), Lincoln, Nebraska, United States and Whangarei Airport (WRE), Whangarei, New Zealand would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,720 miles (or 12,424 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 Lincoln Airport and Whangarei 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 Lincoln Airport and Whangarei Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LNK / KLNK |
Airport Name: | Lincoln Airport |
Location: | Lincoln, Nebraska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°51'3"N by 96°45'33"W |
Area Served: | Southeastern and central Nebraska |
Operator/Owner: | City of Lincoln |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 1219 feet (372 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from LNK |
More Information: | LNK Maps & Info |
Arrival 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 |
Facts about Lincoln Airport (LNK):
- The closest airport to Lincoln Airport (LNK) is Beatrice Municipal Airport (BIE), which is located 38 miles (61 kilometers) S of LNK.
- The 12,901 foot primary runway was designated as an emergency landing site for the Space Shuttle, although it was never used by the NASA orbiters.
- The furthest airport from Lincoln Airport (LNK) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,635 miles (17,115 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Endeavor Air operating as Delta Connection currently operates Canadair CRJ-200 regional jet flights to Minneapolis/St.
- Today a portion of Lincoln Airport is now home to the Nebraska Air National Guard's 155th Air Refueling Wing, an Air Mobility Command -gained Air National Guard unit flying the KC-135R Stratotanker.
- In 2005, Northwest Airlines offered service to Memphis, but discontinued the route within nine months.
- Lincoln Airport (LNK) has 3 runways.
Facts about Whangarei Airport (WRE):
- Private jets are also catered for when they arrive about twice a year, as well as larger group charters which are fairly common.
- The control tower was closed down in 1988 as the airport was too small to warrant the service.
- In 2009, airport passenger numbers were increasing steadily, with flight numbers increasing also, reaching a peak of 10 return flights to Auckland and 2 return flights to Wellington on weekdays.
- The 1970s saw an increase in domestic travel from Whangarei, so a new airport terminal was built on the northern side of the main runway to cater for this.
- On the 1st of October 2013, thanks to Northpower, the airport had installed free wifi available to everyone.
- Whangarei has several scheduled flight destinations, the furthest away being Wellington at 626 km.
- The closest airport to Whangarei Airport (WRE) is Dargaville Aerodrome (DGR), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) WSW of WRE.
- Whangarei Airport (WRE) has 2 runways.
- 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.
- 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 change in aircraft type restored capacity to 136,656 seats available on Air New Zealand per year.