Nonstop flight route between Stockholm, Sweden and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN), Stockholm, Sweden and King Khalid International Airport (RUH), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,766 miles (or 4,452 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 Stockholm Arlanda Airport and King Khalid 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 Stockholm Arlanda Airport and King Khalid 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: | ARN / ESSA |
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Location: | Stockholm, Sweden |
GPS Coordinates: | 59°39'6"N by 17°55'6"E |
Area Served: | Stockholm and Uppsala |
Operator/Owner: | Swedavia |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 137 feet (42 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from ARN |
More Information: | ARN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | RUH / OERK |
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Location: | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
GPS Coordinates: | 24°57'28"N by 46°41'56"E |
Area Served: | Riyadh |
Operator/Owner: | The Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2049 feet (625 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from RUH |
More Information: | RUH Maps & Info |
Facts about Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN):
- Scandinavian Airlines has its head office on the airport property.
- The furthest airport from Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,187 miles (18,004 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Arlanda, as the main airport serving the Swedish capital, is also used by VIP-flights using business jets.
- Oxford Aviation Academy has a flight simulator center for some of the most common airliners of today at Arlanda.
- The closest airport to Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN) is Stockholm Bromma Airport (BMA), which is located 21 miles (33 kilometers) S of ARN.
- Long-distance trains called Intercity, Regionaltåg or X2000 operated by SJ go to locations north of Stockholm Arlanda Airport and south of Stockholm.
- In addition to being known as "Stockholm Arlanda Airport", another name for ARN is "Stockholm-Arlanda flygplats".
- Stockholm Arlanda has an extensive cargo flight activity.
- Because of Stockholm Arlanda Airport's relatively low elevation of 137 feet, planes can take off or land at Stockholm Arlanda 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.
- Helicopter hangars and maintenance facilities are found at the very eastern part of the airport operated by Patria Helicopters.
- Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN) has 3 runways.
Facts about King Khalid International Airport (RUH):
- The families of the airport workers are still living in K.K.I.A Housing Facility.
- In the northeast corner of the mosque plaza, a minaret rises 39 metres above the plaza level.
- King Khalid International Airport (RUH) has 2 runways.
- Passengers going from one terminal to another at King Khalid International Airport can utilize moving sidewalks for transportation.
- The closest airport to King Khalid International Airport (RUH) is Dawadmi Domestic Airport (DWD), which is located 166 miles (266 kilometers) WSW of RUH.
- In addition to being known as "King Khalid International Airport", another name for RUH is "مطار الملك خالد الدولي".
- A general aviation complex has been constructed north of runway number 1 for use by private aircraft and is reached by a special access road which runs north from the airport access highway.
- The furthest airport from King Khalid International Airport (RUH) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is nearly antipodal to King Khalid International Airport (meaning King Khalid International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Totegegie Airport), and is located 12,273 miles (19,752 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
- King Khalid International Airport handled 13,919,000 passengers last year.
- This airport was an alternative landing site for NASA's Space Shuttle.