Nonstop flight route between Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada and Queenstown, New Zealand:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Pitt Meadows Regional Airport (YPK), Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada and Queenstown Airport (ZQN), Queenstown, New Zealand would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,705 miles (or 12,400 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 Pitt Meadows Regional Airport and Queenstown 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 Pitt Meadows Regional Airport and Queenstown Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YPK / CYPK |
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Location: | Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 49°12'57"N by 122°42'46"W |
Area Served: | Metro Vancouver |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 11 feet (3 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from YPK |
More Information: | YPK Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ZQN / NZQN |
Airport Name: | Queenstown Airport |
Location: | Queenstown, New Zealand |
GPS Coordinates: | 45°1'15"S by 168°44'21"E |
Operator/Owner: | Queenstown Airport Corporation Ltd. |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1171 feet (357 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from ZQN |
More Information: | ZQN Maps & Info |
Facts about Pitt Meadows Regional Airport (YPK):
- Pitt Meadows Regional Airport (YPK) has 3 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Pitt Meadows Regional Airport", another name for YPK is "Pitt Meadows Airport".
- The control tower at Pitt Meadows Airport operates from 7:00 a.m.
- The closest airport to Pitt Meadows Regional Airport (YPK) is Blaine Municipal Airport (BWS), which is located only 16 miles (25 kilometers) S of YPK.
- The furthest airport from Pitt Meadows Regional Airport (YPK) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,676 miles (17,181 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- Because of Pitt Meadows Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 11 feet, planes can take off or land at Pitt Meadows Regional 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.
- In January 1998, the districts of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows jointly took custody from the federal government under the auspices of the Pitt Meadows Airport Society.
Facts about Queenstown Airport (ZQN):
- On 17 September 2013, the idea for a potential Auckland, Nelson and Queenstown air link was raised with Air New Zealand's chief executive.
- The closest airport to Queenstown Airport (ZQN) is Wanaka Airport (WKA), which is located 32 miles (52 kilometers) NE of ZQN.
- In another separate incident in June 2010 two airliners were found to have had a high potential to have breached the 1000 foot vertical separation required.
- Queenstown Airport (ZQN) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Queenstown Airport (ZQN) is A Coruña Airport (LCG), which is nearly antipodal to Queenstown Airport (meaning Queenstown Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from A Coruña Airport), and is located 12,251 miles (19,716 kilometers) away in A Coruña, Spain.