Nonstop flight route between St. Johns, Arizona, United States and Stavanger, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between St. Johns Industrial Air Park (SJN), St. Johns, Arizona, United States and Stavanger-Sola International Airport (SVG), Stavanger, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,991 miles (or 8,033 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 St. Johns Industrial Air Park and Stavanger-Sola 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 St. Johns Industrial Air Park and Stavanger-Sola International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about St. Johns Industrial Air Park (SJN):

• St. Johns Industrial Air Park (SJN) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from St. Johns Industrial Air Park (SJN) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,324 miles (18,225 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The closest airport to St. Johns Industrial Air Park (SJN) is Show Low Regional Airport (SOW), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) WSW of SJN.
• Because of St. Johns Industrial Air Park's high elevation of 5,737 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SJN. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SJN a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.

Facts about Stavanger-Sola International Airport (SVG):

• Stavanger-Sola International Airport (SVG) has 2 runways.
• The vast complex of civilian technical facilities, heavy investments in simulator centres besides the air forces own facilities makes the Sola AFB ideal for the vital role it is assigned, incorporating the next generation of Search & Rsecue Helicopters.
• In 2005, work to upgrade the terminal building started.
• Originally, the idea was to locate the Stavanger airport at Forus, but after the war the Royal Norwegian Air Force decided to use Sola temporarily until the new airport was built, and nothing ever became of Forus.
• Sola has quite a number of technical facilities, and has the largest aviation technical environment in Norway, including the largest helicopter maintenance facilites in Northern-Europe, Braathens had its technical main base at Sola, as does Norwegian Air Shutte, CHC Helikopter Service, Heli-One Norway, Bristow Norway, Norsk Helikopterservice, Norcopter, Pratt & Whitney Norway Engine Centre and the air force's helicopter main technical base.
• The oil industry has also required scheduled routes between Stavanger and Scotland, primarily to British oil center in Aberdeen.
• In addition to being known as "Stavanger-Sola International Airport", another name for SVG is "Stavanger lufthavn, Sola".
• The furthest airport from Stavanger-Sola International Airport (SVG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,392 miles (18,334 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Stavanger-Sola International Airport (SVG) is Haugesund Airport, Karmøy (HAU), which is located 36 miles (57 kilometers) NNW of SVG.
• Stavanger-Sola International Airport handled 4,119,348 passengers last year.
• When the oil exploration in the Norwegian part of the North Sea started in 1967, there was a sudden need for helicopter transport out to the oil platforms.
• Because of Stavanger-Sola International Airport's relatively low elevation of 29 feet, planes can take off or land at Stavanger-Sola 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.