Nonstop flight route between Salzburg, Austria and Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Salzburg Airport (SZG), Salzburg, Austria and Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ), Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand would travel a Great Circle distance of 11,431 miles (or 18,396 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 Salzburg Airport and Kapiti Coast 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 Salzburg Airport and Kapiti Coast Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SZG / LOWS |
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Location: | Salzburg, Austria |
GPS Coordinates: | 47°47'39"N by 13°0'11"E |
Area Served: | Salzburg, Austria |
Operator/Owner: | Salzburger Flughafen GmbH |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1411 feet (430 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SZG |
More Information: | SZG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PPQ / NZPP |
Airport Name: | Kapiti Coast Airport |
Location: | Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°54'16"S by 174°59'21"E |
Airport Type: | Attended, Uncontrolled, Certificated Aerodrome |
Elevation: | 22 feet (7 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from PPQ |
More Information: | PPQ Maps & Info |
Facts about Salzburg Airport (SZG):
- The furthest airport from Salzburg Airport (SZG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,905 miles (19,159 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Salzburg Airport (SZG) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Salzburg Airport (SZG) is Linz Airport (LNZ), which is located 63 miles (101 kilometers) ENE of SZG.
- In addition to being known as "Salzburg Airport", another name for SZG is "Salzburg Airport W. A. Mozart".
- Salzburg Airport consists of the two Terminals 1 and 2.
- At the start of World War II, on 1 September 1939, Salzburg Airport was seized and in 1943 the "Luftgaukommando VII" in Munich was put in charge of it.
Facts about Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ):
- As recently as 1992, alternate sites for a new airport for Wellington were investigated, including Paraparaumu, but a decision was made to upgrade Wellington Airport's existing site.
- Because of Kapiti Coast Airport's relatively low elevation of 22 feet, planes can take off or land at Kapiti Coast 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.
- Originally government-owned, the Kapiti Coast Airport was the greater Wellington region's main airport until Wellington International Airport re-opened in 1959.
- New Zealand's Civil Aviation Authority has recently approved the airport after identifying approach obstruction issues.
- This re-development was spurred by interest from Air New Zealand to operate Q300 aircraft.
- The furthest airport from Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) is Salamanca-Matacán Airport (SLM), which is nearly antipodal to Kapiti Coast Airport (meaning Kapiti Coast Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Salamanca-Matacán Airport), and is located 12,411 miles (19,973 kilometers) away in Salamanca, Spain.
- The closest airport to Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) is Wellington International Airport (WLG), which is located 31 miles (49 kilometers) SSW of PPQ.
- Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) has 3 runways.