Nonstop flight route between Milford Sound, New Zealand and Edinburgh, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Milford Sound Airport (MFN), Milford Sound, New Zealand and Edinburgh Airport (EDI), Edinburgh, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 11,570 miles (or 18,620 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 Milford Sound Airport and Edinburgh 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 Milford Sound Airport and Edinburgh Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MFN / NZMF |
Airport Name: | Milford Sound Airport |
Location: | Milford Sound, New Zealand |
GPS Coordinates: | 44°40'23"S by 167°55'23"E |
Area Served: | Milford Sound |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Transport |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 10 feet (3 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MFN |
More Information: | MFN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | EDI / EGPH |
Airport Name: | Edinburgh Airport |
Location: | Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 55°57'0"N by 3°22'21"W |
Area Served: | Edinburgh, Lothian, Fife, the Scottish Borders and Central Scotland |
Operator/Owner: | Global Infrastructure Partners |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 136 feet (41 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from EDI |
More Information: | EDI Maps & Info |
Facts about Milford Sound Airport (MFN):
- Weather permitting, there is substantial daily charter traffic of light aircraft to and from Queenstown, Wanaka and Te Anau and on sightseeing trips.
- The furthest airport from Milford Sound Airport (MFN) is A Coruña Airport (LCG), which is nearly antipodal to Milford Sound Airport (meaning Milford Sound Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from A Coruña Airport), and is located 12,230 miles (19,682 kilometers) away in A Coruña, Spain.
- On 17 November 1938, a Southland Airway’s Puss Moth piloted by Arthur Bradshaw made the first landing in at Milford Sound.
- Because of Milford Sound Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Milford Sound 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 closest airport to Milford Sound Airport (MFN) is Queenstown Airport (ZQN), which is located 47 miles (75 kilometers) ESE of MFN.
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- Milford Sound Airport (MFN) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Edinburgh Airport (EDI):
- The airport is served by Edinburgh Trams, a light rail link from the terminal to Edinburgh city centre.
- The furthest airport from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,713 miles (18,850 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
- The present terminal building, designed by Sir Robert Matthew, was constructed in 1977 and has been upgraded in recent years, with new car parking facilities and an extended arrivals hall.
- There are currently no direct rail links to Edinburgh Airport, although it lies very close to the Fife Circle and the Edinburgh-Glasgow railway lines.
- Passenger traffic at Edinburgh Airport reached a record level in 2013 with nearly 9.8 million passengers and over 111,000 aircraft movements.
- On 27 February 2001, a Loganair Shorts 360 operating a Royal Mail flight to Belfast, crashed into the Firth of Forth shortly after taking off from Edinburgh at 1730 GMT.
- The closest airport to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) is Perth Airport (PSL), which is located 34 miles (55 kilometers) N of EDI.
- The airport is owned and operated by Global Infrastructure Partners, which also owns and operates Gatwick Airport and London City Airport.
- In 1918 the Royal Air Force was formed and the airfield was named RAF Turnhouse and ownership transferred to the Ministry of Defence.
- Because of Edinburgh Airport's relatively low elevation of 136 feet, planes can take off or land at Edinburgh 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.
- Edinburgh Airport handled 9,775,443 passengers last year.
- Edinburgh Airport (EDI) has 2 runways.