Nonstop flight route between Jijiga, Ethiopia and Helsinki / Vantaa, Finland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Wilwal International Airport (JIJ), Jijiga, Ethiopia and Helsinki Airport (HEL), Helsinki / Vantaa, Finland would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,643 miles (or 5,862 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 Wilwal International Airport and Helsinki 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 Wilwal International Airport and Helsinki Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | JIJ / HAJJ |
Airport Name: | Wilwal International Airport |
Location: | Jijiga, Ethiopia |
GPS Coordinates: | 9°19'50"N by 42°54'39"E |
Area Served: | Jijiga, Ethiopia |
Operator/Owner: | Ethiopian Airports Enterprise |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 5413 feet (1,650 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from JIJ |
More Information: | JIJ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HEL / EFHK |
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Location: | Helsinki / Vantaa, Finland |
GPS Coordinates: | 60°19'1"N by 24°57'47"E |
Area Served: | Helsinki, Finland |
Operator/Owner: | Finavia |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 179 feet (55 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from HEL |
More Information: | HEL Maps & Info |
Facts about Wilwal International Airport (JIJ):
- The furthest airport from Wilwal International Airport (JIJ) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is nearly antipodal to Wilwal International Airport (meaning Wilwal International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Atuona Airport), and is located 12,302 miles (19,799 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
- Wilwal International Airport (JIJ) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Wilwal International Airport (JIJ) is Borama Airport (BXX), which is located 46 miles (73 kilometers) NNE of JIJ.
- Because of Wilwal International Airport's high elevation of 5,413 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at JIJ. Combined with a high temperature, this could make JIJ a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Wilwal International Airport is an airport serving Jijiga, the capital city of the Somali Region in Ethiopia.
- The airport resides at an elevation of 5,413 feet above mean sea level.
Facts about Helsinki Airport (HEL):
- Connecting the airport by frequent local bus 61 of Helsinki Regional Transport Authority or taxi to the Tikkurila railway station provides access to commuter trains as well as to long-distance trains in the directions of Tampere and Lahti, including lines to Saint Petersburg and Moscow.
- The furthest airport from Helsinki Airport (HEL) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,992 miles (17,689 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Helsinki Airport (HEL) is Helsinki-Malmi Airport (HEM), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) SSE of HEL.
- The airport is nominally divided into 2 terminals, located 250 metres apart and linked by an internal pedestrian connection both airside and landside.
- In addition to being known as "Helsinki Airport", another name for HEL is "Helsinki-Vantaan lentoasemaHelsingfors-Vanda flygplats".
- Originally built for the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, the airport served 15,279,043 passengers in 2013 and it is the fourth largest airport in the Nordic countries.
- Helsinki Airport (HEL) has 3 runways.
- The airport is operated by Finavia, the state-owned enterprise that operates Finland's airports.
- There are regular bus service 615 and 620 to the Helsinki Central railway station in 30–55 minutes, and major hotels and railway stations in the Greater Helsinki Area in 15–120 minutes.
- Helsinki Airport handled 15,279,043 passengers last year.
- The airport's three runways provide a platform for future growth while the airport can accommodate wide-body aircraft such as the Airbus A340.
- Because of Helsinki Airport's relatively low elevation of 179 feet, planes can take off or land at Helsinki 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.