Nonstop flight route between Vadsø, Finnmark, Norway and St. Michael, Alaska, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Vadsø Airport (VDS), Vadsø, Finnmark, Norway and St. Michael Airport (SMK), St. Michael, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,191 miles (or 5,135 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 St. Michael 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 St. Michael 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: | SMK / PAMK |
Airport Name: | St. Michael Airport |
Location: | St. Michael, Alaska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 63°29'24"N by 162°6'37"W |
Area Served: | St. Michael, Alaska |
Operator/Owner: | State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 98 feet (30 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SMK |
More Information: | SMK Maps & Info |
Facts about Vadsø Airport (VDS):
- On 4 January 1984 a Cessna aircraft crashed into the sea after take-off from the airport.
- The distance from Vardø Airport to Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen is 38 kilometers.
- 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.
- Vadsø is served by Widerøe, which operates 39-seat Dash 8-100 aircraft to other communities in Finnmark.
- 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 closest airport to Vadsø Airport (VDS) is Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen (KKN), which is located 24 miles (38 kilometers) S of VDS.
- In addition to being known as "Vadsø Airport", another name for VDS is "Vadsø lufthavn".
- Vadsø Airport handled 81,772 passengers last year.
- The first seaplane route to Vadsø was started by Widerøe in 1938, which flew along the coast south to Trondheim.
- The airport is located at Kiby, 4 kilometers east of the town center of Vadsø.
Facts about St. Michael Airport (SMK):
- Because of St. Michael Airport's relatively low elevation of 98 feet, planes can take off or land at St. Michael 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.
- St. Michael Airport (SMK) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to St. Michael Airport (SMK) is Stebbins Airport (WBB), which is located only 5 miles (9 kilometers) WNW of SMK.
- The furthest airport from St. Michael Airport (SMK) is Cape Town International Airport (CPT), which is located 10,397 miles (16,732 kilometers) away in Cape Town, South Africa.