Nonstop flight route between Hammerfest, Finnmark, Norway and Fort Sill, Oklahoma, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Hammerfest Airport (HFT), Hammerfest, Finnmark, Norway and Henry Post Army Airfield (FSI), Fort Sill, Oklahoma, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,624 miles (or 7,441 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 Hammerfest Airport and Henry Post 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 Hammerfest Airport and Henry Post 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: | HFT / ENHF |
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Location: | Hammerfest, Finnmark, Norway |
GPS Coordinates: | 70°40'46"N by 23°40'6"E |
Area Served: | Hammerfest |
Operator/Owner: | Avinor |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 262 feet (80 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from HFT |
More Information: | HFT Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FSI / KFSI |
Airport Name: | Henry Post Army Airfield |
Location: | Fort Sill, Oklahoma, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°38'58"N by 98°24'7"W |
Operator/Owner: | U.S. Army ATCA-ASO |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 1189 feet (362 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from FSI |
More Information: | FSI Maps & Info |
Facts about Hammerfest Airport (HFT):
- In addition to being known as "Hammerfest Airport", another name for HFT is "Hammerfest lufthavn".
- Because of Hammerfest Airport's relatively low elevation of 262 feet, planes can take off or land at Hammerfest 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 Hammerfest Airport (HFT) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,456 miles (16,828 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Hammerfest Airport handled 120,503 passengers last year.
- Widerøe introduced the de Havilland Canada Dash 7 on the route from Tromsø Airport to Hammerfest in 1983, the same year as Norving started flights from Hammerfest to Hasvik Airport.
- The Widerøe Dash 8-103 aircraft LN-WIK underwent a hard landing on 1 May 2005.
- The closest airport to Hammerfest Airport (HFT) is Hasvik Airport (HAA), which is located 38 miles (60 kilometers) WSW of HFT.
Facts about Henry Post Army Airfield (FSI):
- With the sudden end of World War I in November 1918, the future operational status of Post Field was unknown.
- The closest airport to Henry Post Army Airfield (FSI) is Lawton–Fort Sill Regional Airport (LAW), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) S of FSI.
- By the late 1920s, the World War I tarpaper buildings were rotting and turning into fire hazards.
- Henry Post AAF has one runway designated 17/35 with a concrete surface measuring 5,001 by 200 feet.
- Henry Post Army Airfield (FSI) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Henry Post Army Airfield (FSI) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,920 miles (17,575 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.