Nonstop flight route between Røros, Norway and Gander, Newfoundland, Canada:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Røros Airport (RRS), Røros, Norway and Gander International Airport (YQX), Gander, Newfoundland, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,595 miles (or 4,176 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 Røros Airport and Gander International 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 Røros Airport and Gander International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | RRS / ENRO |
Airport Name: | Røros Airport |
Location: | Røros, Norway |
GPS Coordinates: | 62°34'42"N by 11°20'32"E |
Area Served: | Røros, Norway |
Operator/Owner: | Avinor |
Airport Type: | Civil |
Elevation: | 2054 feet (626 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from RRS |
More Information: | RRS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YQX / CYQX |
Airport Name: | Gander International Airport |
Location: | Gander, Newfoundland, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 48°56'12"N by 54°34'5"W |
Area Served: | Gander, Newfoundland |
Operator/Owner: | Transport Canada |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 496 feet (151 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from YQX |
More Information: | YQX Maps & Info |
Facts about Røros Airport (RRS):
- Røros Airport (RRS) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Røros Airport (RRS) is Trondheim Airport, Værnes (TRD), which is located 62 miles (100 kilometers) NNW of RRS.
- Røros Airport handled 17,416 passengers last year.
- Røros Airport is a regional airport serving the town of Røros in Sør-Trøndelag, Norway.
- Danu Oro Transportas began operating a permanent service from 1 April 2009 until Widerøe won back the contract for the route 1 December 2012.
- The furthest airport from Røros Airport (RRS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,103 miles (17,868 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Operations were carried by Widerøe between 2001 and 2006.
Facts about Gander International Airport (YQX):
- The airport was the site for Canada's memorial service to mark the first anniversary of the attack, over which Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, Transport Minister David Collenette, US Ambassador to Canada Paul Cellucci, and provincial and local officials presided.
- Construction of the airport began in 1936 and it was opened in 1938, with its first landing on January 11 of that year, by Captain Douglas Fraser flying a Fox Moth of Imperial Airways.
- The closest airport to Gander International Airport (YQX) is St. John's International Airport (YYT), which is located 124 miles (199 kilometers) SE of YQX.
- Gander International Airport (YQX) has 2 runways.
- During the Cold War Gander was notable for the number of persons from the former Warsaw Pact nations who defected there.
- On December 12, 1985 Arrow Air Flight 1285 crashed on take-off from, the then runway 22.
- In late-1985, Gander was the site of the Arrow Air Flight 1285 disaster, in which a McDonnell Douglas DC-8 with 256 people on board crashed during takeoff due to atmospheric icing.
- The furthest airport from Gander International Airport (YQX) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,395 miles (18,338 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
- Because of Gander International Airport's relatively low elevation of 496 feet, planes can take off or land at Gander 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.