Nonstop flight route between Blenheim, New Zealand and Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Woodbourne Airport (BHE), Blenheim, New Zealand and Mainz Finthen Airport (QMZ), Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 11,537 miles (or 18,567 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 Woodbourne Airport and Mainz Finthen 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 Woodbourne Airport and Mainz Finthen Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BHE / NZWB |
Airport Name: | Woodbourne Airport |
Location: | Blenheim, New Zealand |
GPS Coordinates: | 41°31'5"S by 173°52'13"E |
Area Served: | Blenheim, New Zealand |
Operator/Owner: | Marlborough Airport Ltd |
Airport Type: | Public and Military |
Elevation: | 109 feet (33 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from BHE |
More Information: | BHE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | QMZ / EDFZ |
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Location: | Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 49°58'8"N by 8°8'47"E |
Area Served: | Mainz, Germany |
Airport Type: | Civil |
Elevation: | 525 feet (160 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from QMZ |
More Information: | QMZ Maps & Info |
Facts about Woodbourne Airport (BHE):
- The furthest airport from Woodbourne Airport (BHE) is Bragança Airport (BGC), which is nearly antipodal to Woodbourne Airport (meaning Woodbourne Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Bragança Airport), and is located 12,399 miles (19,954 kilometers) away in Bragança, Portugal.
- The closest airport to Woodbourne Airport (BHE) is Nelson AirportTe Papa Waka Rererangi o Whakatū (NSN), which is located 37 miles (59 kilometers) WNW of BHE.
- Because of Woodbourne Airport's relatively low elevation of 109 feet, planes can take off or land at Woodbourne 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.
- Today it has more frequent operations, with Air New Zealand's regional subsidiary Eagle Airways using Beechcraft 1900 and Air Nelson using Bombardier Q300 aircraft.
- Woodbourne Airport (BHE) has 3 runways.
Facts about Mainz Finthen Airport (QMZ):
- The airport was taken over by the French military in July 1945, and engineers moved in to clear the wartime wreckage and rebuild the facility.
- Since the withdrawal of the United States Army, the airfield has been operated by the Mainz Aviation Club beginning in 1994, and on 1 August 2008, turned over to a commercial airport operator.
- Mainz Finthen Airport (QMZ) has 2 runways.
- Because of Mainz Finthen Airport's relatively low elevation of 525 feet, planes can take off or land at Mainz Finthen 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 Mainz Finthen Airport (QMZ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,959 miles (19,246 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- In addition to being known as "Mainz Finthen Airport", other names for QMZ include "Flugplatz Mainz-Finthen" and "Advanced Landing Ground Y-64".
- The closest airport to Mainz Finthen Airport (QMZ) is Lucius D. Clay KaserneWiesbaden Army AirfieldWiesbaden Air BaseAdvanced Landing Ground Y-80Fliegerhorst Wiesbaden (WIE), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) NE of QMZ.
- On 16 and 17 November 1980, Holy Mass was celebrated by Pope John Paul II during his first major pastoral visit to Germany on the airfield with thousands of believers attending.