Nonstop flight route between New Plymouth, New Zealand and Santo Antônio do Içá, Amazonas, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between New Plymouth Airport (NPL), New Plymouth, New Zealand and Ipiranga Airport (IPG), Santo Antônio do Içá, Amazonas, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,464 miles (or 12,012 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 New Plymouth Airport and Ipiranga 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 New Plymouth Airport and Ipiranga Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about New Plymouth Airport (NPL):

• The airport is the 10th busiest airport in New Zealand with 32,791 aircraft movements in 2011.
• New Plymouth District Council has confirmed that they are designing a new terminal extension for construction in 2015.
• Because of New Plymouth Airport's relatively low elevation of 97 feet, planes can take off or land at New Plymouth 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 New Plymouth Airport (NPL) is Badajoz Airport (BJZ), which is nearly antipodal to New Plymouth Airport (meaning New Plymouth Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Badajoz Airport), and is located 12,382 miles (19,928 kilometers) away in Badajoz, Spain.
• The original terminal was renovated during the 1990s.
• The terminal is equipped with two check-in desks for Air New Zealand subsidiary carriers, rental car outlets, flight arrival and departure monitors, public toilets, a cafe, and a Koru Regional Lounge.
• New Plymouth Airport handled 332,178 passengers last year.
• New Plymouth Airport (NPL) has 3 runways.
• The closest airport to New Plymouth Airport (NPL) is Wanganui Airport (WAG), which is located 80 miles (129 kilometers) SE of NPL.

Facts about Ipiranga Airport (IPG):

• Ipiranga Airport (IPG) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport is located 3 km from downtown Santo Antônio do Içá.
• In addition to being known as "Ipiranga Airport", another name for IPG is "Aeroporto do Ipiranga".
• The closest airport to Ipiranga Airport (IPG) is Alfredo Vásquez Cobo International Airport (LET), which is located 89 miles (143 kilometers) S of IPG.
• The furthest airport from Ipiranga Airport (IPG) is Kuching International Airport (KCH), which is nearly antipodal to Ipiranga Airport (meaning Ipiranga Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kuching International Airport), and is located 12,406 miles (19,965 kilometers) away in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
• Because of Ipiranga Airport's relatively low elevation of 131 feet, planes can take off or land at Ipiranga 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 presently dedicated to general aviation.