Nonstop flight route between Bardufoss, Norway and Grise Fiord, Nunavut, Canada:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Bardufoss Airport (BDU), Bardufoss, Norway and Grise Fiord Airport (YGZ), Grise Fiord, Nunavut, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,864 miles (or 3,000 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 relatively short distance between Bardufoss Airport and Grise Fiord Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BDU / ENDU |
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Location: | Bardufoss, Norway |
GPS Coordinates: | 69°3'20"N by 18°32'25"E |
Area Served: | Bardufoss, Målselv, Norway |
Operator/Owner: | Avinor |
Airport Type: | Joint (public and military) |
Elevation: | 252 feet (77 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from BDU |
More Information: | BDU Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YGZ / CYGZ |
Airport Name: | Grise Fiord Airport |
Location: | Grise Fiord, Nunavut, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 76°25'33"N by 82°54'33"W |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Nunavut |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 135 feet (41 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YGZ |
More Information: | YGZ Maps & Info |
Facts about Bardufoss Airport (BDU):
- Norwegian won the tender for military air transport services from 2008, resulting in the airline commencing flights from Bardufoss to Oslo, with SAS terminating the service.
- Bardufoss Airport handled 207,650 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Bardufoss Airport (BDU) is Tromsø Airport, Langnes (TOS), which is located 44 miles (71 kilometers) NNE of BDU.
- Because of Bardufoss Airport's relatively low elevation of 252 feet, planes can take off or land at Bardufoss 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 Bardufoss Airport (BDU) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,613 miles (17,079 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Bardufoss was selected an emergency landing airfield by the Norwegian Army Air Service in 1934, with construction starting in early 1935.
- Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 347, SAS-operated McDonnell Douglas MD-82 en route to Bodø Airport and Oslo Airport, Fornebu, was hijacking by Haris Keč on 3 November 1994.
- Norwegian Air Shuttle is the only airline serving the airport with scheduled flights, consisting of three daily flights to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen.
- In addition to being known as "Bardufoss Airport", another name for BDU is "Bardufoss lufthavn".
Facts about Grise Fiord Airport (YGZ):
- Grise Fiord Airport (YGZ) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Grise Fiord Airport's relatively low elevation of 135 feet, planes can take off or land at Grise Fiord 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 Grise Fiord Airport (YGZ) is Hobart International Airport (HBA), which is located 9,701 miles (15,612 kilometers) away in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
- The closest airport to Grise Fiord Airport (YGZ) is Siorapaluk Heliport (SRK), which is located 209 miles (336 kilometers) ENE of YGZ.