Nonstop flight route between Show Low, Arizona, United States and Vardø, Norway:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Show Low Regional Airport (SOW), Show Low, Arizona, United States and Vardø Airport, Svartnes (VAW), Vardø, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,953 miles (or 7,971 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 Show Low Regional Airport and Vardø Airport, Svartnes, 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 Show Low Regional Airport and Vardø Airport, Svartnes. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SOW / KSOW |
Airport Name: | Show Low Regional Airport |
Location: | Show Low, Arizona, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°15'56"N by 110°0'20"W |
Area Served: | Show Low, Arizona |
Operator/Owner: | City of Showlow |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 6415 feet (1,955 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from SOW |
More Information: | SOW Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | VAW / ENSS |
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Location: | Vardø, Norway |
GPS Coordinates: | 70°21'19"N by 31°2'42"E |
Area Served: | Vardø, Norway |
Operator/Owner: | Avinor |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 42 feet (13 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from VAW |
More Information: | VAW Maps & Info |
Facts about Show Low Regional Airport (SOW):
- The closest airport to Show Low Regional Airport (SOW) is Taylor Airport (TYZ), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) NNW of SOW.
- Show Low Regional Airport (SOW) has 2 runways.
- Show Low Regional Airport is a public use airport located two nautical miles east of the central business district of Show Low, in Navajo County, Arizona, United States.
- As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 5,325 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 4,470 enplanements in 2009, and 3,080 in 2010.
- The furthest airport from Show Low Regional Airport (SOW) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,355 miles (18,274 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Because of Show Low Regional Airport's high elevation of 6,415 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SOW. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SOW a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
Facts about Vardø Airport, Svartnes (VAW):
- In addition to being known as "Vardø Airport, Svartnes", another name for VAW is "Vardø Lufthavn, Svartnes".
- Because of Vardø Airport, Svartnes's relatively low elevation of 42 feet, planes can take off or land at Vardø Airport, Svartnes 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 Vardø Airport, Svartnes (VAW) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,373 miles (16,694 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- On 5 March 1978 the Partenavian P.68 LN-MAD operated by Norving crashed at Falkefjell during approach to Vadsø Airport.
- The wooden runway was pillaged by locals to accumulate building materials for reconstruction.
- The closest airport to Vardø Airport, Svartnes (VAW) is Vadsø Airport (VDS), which is located 34 miles (56 kilometers) SW of VAW.
- Svartnes was built by the German Luftwaffe 1943, where it served fighter aircraft to protect German convoys.
- Construction of a new terminal and upgrading the airport to regional standard started in 1984.
- Vardø Airport, Svartnes handled 14,664 passengers last year.
- Norving started operating irregular air taxi flights to Vardø after they took delivery of an eight-seat Britten-Norman Islander in April 1970.