Nonstop flight route between Bergen, Norway and Kwajalein, Marshall Islands:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Bergen-Flesland International Airport (BGO), Bergen, Norway and Bucholz Army Airfield (KWA), Kwajalein, Marshall Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,573 miles (or 12,187 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 Bergen-Flesland International Airport and Bucholz 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 Bergen-Flesland International Airport and Bucholz 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: | BGO / ENBR |
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Location: | Bergen, Norway |
GPS Coordinates: | 60°17'36"N by 5°13'5"E |
Area Served: | Bergen, Norway |
Operator/Owner: | Avinor |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 166 feet (51 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BGO |
More Information: | BGO Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KWA / PKWA |
Airport Name: | Bucholz Army Airfield |
Location: | Kwajalein, Marshall Islands |
GPS Coordinates: | 8°43'12"N by 167°43'54"E |
Operator/Owner: | United States Army |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 9 feet (3 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KWA |
More Information: | KWA Maps & Info |
Facts about Bergen-Flesland International Airport (BGO):
- Bergen-Flesland International Airport (BGO) currently has only 1 runway.
- The first four regional airports in Sogn og Fjordane and Møre og Romsdal were opened in 1971 and Widerøe started flights to Florø, Førde, Sogndal and Ørsta/Volda.
- Bergen-Flesland International Airport handled 6,213,960 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Bergen-Flesland International Airport (BGO) is Stord Airport, Sørstokken (SRP), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) S of BGO.
- The furthest airport from Bergen-Flesland International Airport (BGO) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,296 miles (18,179 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Construction started on 14 August 1952 with construction of a road from Blomsterdalen.
- In addition to being known as "Bergen-Flesland International Airport", another name for BGO is "Bergen lufthavn, Flesland".
- Financing was instead secured through a national military communications project, of which 16 million Norwegian krone was set aside over a period of three years, which would secure construction of a 1,460-meter runway.
- Because of the increase of traffic was making the terminal building more cramped, a new administration building opened in the early 1970s, with a fire station in the ground floor.
- Wanderlust announced Flesland as Europe's best and the world's sixth-best international airport in 2009.
- Bergen Airport serves 63 destinations, of which 19 are domestic, 34 are international and 16 are charter.
- Because of Bergen-Flesland International Airport's relatively low elevation of 166 feet, planes can take off or land at Bergen-Flesland International 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 Bucholz Army Airfield (KWA):
- As of 2009, Bucholz Army Airfield is still operated by the United States Army.
- After the seizure from the Japanese, Kwajalein was developed into a major American base and staging area for further campaigns in the advance on the Japanese homeland.
- Bucholz Army Airfield was initially built by the Japanese in 1943 as part of a large naval base.
- The furthest airport from Bucholz Army Airfield (KWA) is RAF Ascension (ASI), which is nearly antipodal to Bucholz Army Airfield (meaning Bucholz Army Airfield is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAF Ascension), and is located 12,283 miles (19,767 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena.
- Bucholz Army Airfield (KWA) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Bucholz Army Airfield's relatively low elevation of 9 feet, planes can take off or land at Bucholz 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 closest airport to Bucholz Army Airfield (KWA) is Ebadon Airstrip (EBN), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) SSE of KWA.