Nonstop flight route between Vadsø, Finnmark, Norway and Blytheville, Arkansas, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Vadsø Airport (VDS), Vadsø, Finnmark, Norway and Arkansas International Airport (BYH), Blytheville, Arkansas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,524 miles (or 7,281 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 Vadsø Airport and Arkansas 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 Vadsø Airport and Arkansas 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: | VDS / ENVD |
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Location: | Vadsø, Finnmark, Norway |
GPS Coordinates: | 70°3'55"N by 29°50'40"E |
Area Served: | Vadsø |
Operator/Owner: | Avinor |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 127 feet (39 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from VDS |
More Information: | VDS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BYH / KBYH |
Airport Name: | Arkansas International Airport |
Location: | Blytheville, Arkansas, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°57'51"N by 89°56'38"W |
Area Served: | Blytheville, Arkansas |
Operator/Owner: | Gosnell Regional Airport Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 254 feet (77 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BYH |
More Information: | BYH Maps & Info |
Facts about Vadsø Airport (VDS):
- Both Widerøe and Norving applied to operate the Finnmark route, which would connect the airports together and to the primary airports in Finnmark and Tromsø Airport.
- Vadsø Airport handled 81,772 passengers last year.
- Because of Vadsø Airport's relatively low elevation of 127 feet, planes can take off or land at Vadsø 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 Vadsø Airport (VDS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,407 miles (16,748 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The distance from Vardø Airport to Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen is 38 kilometers.
- In addition to being known as "Vadsø Airport", another name for VDS is "Vadsø lufthavn".
- The closest airport to Vadsø Airport (VDS) is Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen (KKN), which is located 24 miles (38 kilometers) S of VDS.
Facts about Arkansas International Airport (BYH):
- The facility has 1,500,000 square feet of available space, which makes it the second largest industrial complex in Arkansas.
- The furthest airport from Arkansas International Airport (BYH) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,015 miles (17,728 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Arkansas International Airport (BYH) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Arkansas International Airport (BYH) is Blytheville Municipal Airport (HKA), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) ESE of BYH.
- The facility secured a lease with USA Floral, a major floral distributor based near Washington, D.C., that needed a southern locale for its regular flights to South America to import flowers.
- The airport has the second longest runway in the state of Arkansas at approximately 11,600 feet in length.
- The airport also accommodates deployment and pick-up of National Guard troops, as well as training grounds for military flight training maneuvers, primarily USAF C-130 training operations from Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas Air National Guard A-10 training operations from Fort Smith Air National Guard Station and Arkansas Army National Guard helicopter training operations from Camp Robinson.
- Because of Arkansas International Airport's relatively low elevation of 254 feet, planes can take off or land at Arkansas 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.