Nonstop flight route between Alta, Norway and Canouan Island, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Alta Airport (ALF), Alta, Norway and Canouan Airport (CIW), Canouan Island, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,270 miles (or 8,481 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 Alta Airport and Canouan 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 Alta Airport and Canouan Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ALF / ENAT |
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Location: | Alta, Norway |
GPS Coordinates: | 69°58'33"N by 23°22'18"E |
Area Served: | Alta, Norway |
Operator/Owner: | Avinor |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 10 feet (3 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ALF |
More Information: | ALF Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CIW / TVSC |
Airport Name: | Canouan Airport |
Location: | Canouan Island, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
GPS Coordinates: | 12°41'57"N by 61°20'33"W |
Area Served: | Canouan |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 11 feet (3 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CIW |
More Information: | CIW Maps & Info |
Facts about Alta Airport (ALF):
- Alta Airport handled 353,051 passengers last year.
- Alta Airport (ALF) currently has only 1 runway.
- However, no progress was made with the airfield for over a decade.
- Because of Alta Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Alta 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.
- SAS Commuter was established in 1988 and started operations in Northern Norway in May 1990, making Alta its central hub for Finnmark.
- The furthest airport from Alta Airport (ALF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,502 miles (16,901 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The first airport in Alta was built by the Wehrmacht during the German occupation of Norway.
- The airport is located at Elvebakken and Altagård, on the southern shore of the Altafjord and at the mouth of the river of Altaelva, which is about 4 kilometers east of Bossekop in the town of Alta.
- In addition to being known as "Alta Airport", another name for ALF is "Alta lufthavn".
- The closest airport to Alta Airport (ALF) is Lakselv Airport, Banak (LKL), which is located 38 miles (62 kilometers) E of ALF.
Facts about Canouan Airport (CIW):
- The furthest airport from Canouan Airport (CIW) is Umbu Mehang Kunda Airport (WGP), which is nearly antipodal to Canouan Airport (meaning Canouan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Umbu Mehang Kunda Airport), and is located 12,200 miles (19,633 kilometers) away in Waingapu, Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.
- The closest airport to Canouan Airport (CIW) is Union Island Airport (UNI), which is located only 8 miles (14 kilometers) SW of CIW.
- Because of Canouan Airport's relatively low elevation of 11 feet, planes can take off or land at Canouan 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.
- Canouan Airport (CIW) currently has only 1 runway.