- Great circle
- 1,024 km
- 636 mi
- Estimated in the air
- 1h 46m
- block time
- Furthest from equator
- 45.0°S
- at 100% along
- One lap of Earth
- 2.6%
- of 40,075 km
Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 251st longest.
What the aircraft actually flies over
From Auckland the path crosses 752 km of open water, then New Zealand.
The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 45.0°S, 100% of the way along.
Holding a single compass bearing the whole way would cover almost exactly the same ground, so on this route the flat map and the globe agree.
The heading barely moves: south-west out of Auckland, south-west into Queenstown. Over this distance the curve has too little room to bend the compass.
Auckland to Queenstown, asked and answered
- How far is Auckland to Queenstown?
- Auckland to Queenstown (AKL to ZQN) is 1,024 km, or 636 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
- How long is the flight from Auckland to Queenstown?
- About 1h 46m in the air. That is an estimate from the distance at a typical airliner block speed, plus half an hour for taxi, climb and descent; published schedules vary with winds and routing.
- What route does a Auckland to Queenstown flight take?
- The great circle passes over 752 km of open water, then New Zealand. It reaches 45.0°S at its furthest from the equator.
Where these numbers come from
Distances are computed from the two airports’ own coordinates, not looked up from published routes. Times are estimates, not schedules.
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