Nonstop flight route between Bardufoss, Norway and Tuskegee, Alabama, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Bardufoss Airport (BDU), Bardufoss, Norway and Sharpe FieldTuskegee Army Airfield (TGE), Tuskegee, Alabama, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,471 miles (or 7,196 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 Bardufoss Airport and Sharpe FieldTuskegee Army Airfield, 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 Bardufoss Airport and Sharpe FieldTuskegee Army Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BDU / ENDU |
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Location: | Bardufoss, Norway |
GPS Coordinates: | 69°3'20"N by 18°32'25"E |
Area Served: | Bardufoss, Målselv, Norway |
Operator/Owner: | Avinor |
Airport Type: | Joint (public and military) |
Elevation: | 252 feet (77 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from BDU |
More Information: | BDU Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TGE / |
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Location: | Tuskegee, Alabama, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 32°29'30"N by 85°46'32"W |
Operator/Owner: | Bradbury Family Partnership |
Airport Type: | Private |
Elevation: | 253 feet (77 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from TGE |
More Information: | TGE Maps & Info |
Facts about Bardufoss Airport (BDU):
- Bardufoss Airport handled 207,650 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Bardufoss Airport", another name for BDU is "Bardufoss lufthavn".
- The closest airport to Bardufoss Airport (BDU) is Tromsø Airport, Langnes (TOS), which is located 44 miles (71 kilometers) NNE of BDU.
- Three times a week SAS operated a night flight from Bardufoss and Bodø to Oslo, with Andøya Airport, Andenes added in 1964, using a Convair Metropolitan.
- The furthest airport from Bardufoss Airport (BDU) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,613 miles (17,079 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Bardufoss Airport is located on the premises of Bardufoss Air Station of the Royal Norwegian Air Force.
- Because of Bardufoss Airport's relatively low elevation of 252 feet, planes can take off or land at Bardufoss 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.
Facts about Sharpe FieldTuskegee Army Airfield (TGE):
- The Air Field was designed by the African American architect Hilyard Robinson and built in 1941.
- In addition to being known as "Sharpe FieldTuskegee Army Airfield", another name for TGE is "AL73".
- Twin-engine training commenced at Tuskegee in 1943, at first using the AT-10.
- The closest airport to Sharpe FieldTuskegee Army Airfield (TGE) is Auburn University Regional Airport (AUO), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) ENE of TGE.
- Sharpe FieldTuskegee Army Airfield (TGE) currently has only 1 runway.
- In 1976, an attempt was made to reuse the abandoned base as an oil refinery, but this did not work out.
- Because of Sharpe FieldTuskegee Army Airfield's relatively low elevation of 253 feet, planes can take off or land at Sharpe FieldTuskegee Army Airfield 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 first class of African-American aviation cadets entered the second phase of military flight training at Tuskegee AAF on 8 November 1941, under military instructors.
- The furthest airport from Sharpe FieldTuskegee Army Airfield (TGE) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,228 miles (18,070 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Sharpe Field is a private use airport located six nautical miles northwest of the central business district of Tuskegee, a city in Macon County, Alabama, United States.
- Tuskegee AAF was inactivated in 1946, and the property reverted to the town of Tuskegee.