Nonstop flight route between Stewart Island, New Zealand and Oujda, Morocco:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), Stewart Island, New Zealand and Angads Airport (OUD), Oujda, Morocco would travel a Great Circle distance of 11,453 miles (or 18,431 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 Ryan's Creek Aerodrome and Angads 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 Ryan's Creek Aerodrome and Angads Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS):

• The aerodrome was built in the late 1970s to accommodate Stewart Island Air Services.
• The airport is at an elevation of 288 feet above mean sea level.
• In 1990 a hill at one end of the strip was leveled.
• The furthest airport from Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS) is A Coruña Airport (LCG), which is nearly antipodal to Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (meaning Ryan's Creek Aerodrome is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from A Coruña Airport), and is located 12,135 miles (19,529 kilometers) away in A Coruña, Spain.
• The closest airport to Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS) is Invercargill Airport (IVC), which is located 35 miles (57 kilometers) NNE of SZS.
• Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Ryan's Creek Aerodrome's relatively low elevation of 288 feet, planes can take off or land at Ryan's Creek Aerodrome 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.

Facts about Angads Airport (OUD):

• After the Americans moved out their active units in mid-1943, the airport was used as a stopover and landing field for Air Transport Command aircraft on the Casablanca-Algiers transport route.
• In addition to being known as "Angads Airport", other names for OUD include "مطار وجدة أنجاد" and "Oujda Angads Airport".
• The furthest airport from Angads Airport (OUD) is Great Barrier Aerodrome (GBZ), which is nearly antipodal to Angads Airport (meaning Angads Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Great Barrier Aerodrome), and is located 12,259 miles (19,729 kilometers) away in Great Barrier Island, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Angads Airport (OUD) is Melilla Airport (MLN), which is located 68 miles (109 kilometers) WNW of OUD.
• Angads Airport (OUD) currently has only 1 runway.