Nonstop flight route between Vadsø, Finnmark, Norway and Key West, Florida, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Vadsø Airport (VDS), Vadsø, Finnmark, Norway and Key West International Airport (EYW), Key West, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,109 miles (or 8,223 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 Key West 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 Key West 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: | EYW / KEYW |
Airport Name: | Key West International Airport |
Location: | Key West, Florida, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 24°33'21"N by 81°45'33"W |
Area Served: | Key West, Florida |
Operator/Owner: | Monroe County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 3 feet (1 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from EYW |
More Information: | EYW Maps & Info |
Facts about Vadsø Airport (VDS):
- The closest airport to Vadsø Airport (VDS) is Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen (KKN), which is located 24 miles (38 kilometers) S of VDS.
- 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.
- In addition to being known as "Vadsø Airport", another name for VDS is "Vadsø lufthavn".
- Vadsø Airport is a regional airport in Vadsø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.
- Widerøe operated Twin Otters on the route until 1995, when the Dash 8 was introduced.
- On 4 January 1984 a Cessna aircraft crashed into the sea after take-off from the airport.
Facts about Key West International Airport (EYW):
- The closest airport to Key West International Airport (EYW) is NAS Key West (NQX), which is located only 5 miles (7 kilometers) ENE of EYW.
- Because of Key West International Airport's relatively low elevation of 3 feet, planes can take off or land at Key West 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.
- Key West International Airport covers an area of 334 acres at an elevation of 3 feet above mean sea level.
- The airport has two terminals designed by Mark Mosko/Dwane Stark of URS.
- The furthest airport from Key West International Airport (EYW) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,577 miles (18,632 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- Key West International Airport (EYW) currently has only 1 runway.