Nonstop flight route between Bergen, Norway and Forbes, New South Wales, Australia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Bergen-Flesland International Airport (BGO), Bergen, Norway and Forbes Airport (FRB), Forbes, New South Wales, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,936 miles (or 15,990 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 Bergen-Flesland International Airport and Forbes 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 Bergen-Flesland International Airport and Forbes Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BGO / ENBR |
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Location: | Bergen, Norway |
GPS Coordinates: | 60°17'36"N by 5°13'5"E |
Area Served: | Bergen, Norway |
Operator/Owner: | Avinor |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 166 feet (51 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BGO |
More Information: | BGO Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FRB / YFBS |
Airport Name: | Forbes Airport |
Location: | Forbes, New South Wales, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°21'47"S by 147°56'6"E |
Operator/Owner: | Forbes Shire Council |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 760 feet (232 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from FRB |
More Information: | FRB Maps & Info |
Facts about Bergen-Flesland International Airport (BGO):
- Originally Bergen was served by water aerodromes at Flatøy, Sandviken and Herdla.
- In addition to being known as "Bergen-Flesland International Airport", another name for BGO is "Bergen lufthavn, Flesland".
- Planning of an airport with an airstrip took place during the 1930s.
- Because of Bergen-Flesland International Airport's relatively low elevation of 166 feet, planes can take off or land at Bergen-Flesland 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.
- The first four regional airports in Sogn og Fjordane and Møre og Romsdal were opened in 1971 and Widerøe started flights to Florø, Førde, Sogndal and Ørsta/Volda.
- With the ending of the Cold War following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the military activity at Flesland diminished.
- The helicopter terminal is located in the old terminal from the airport's opening and covers an area of 8,030 square meters.
- Wanderlust announced Flesland as Europe's best and the world's sixth-best international airport in 2009.
- The first aircraft to land at the airport was a de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter of the air force on 18 June 1954.
- Bergen-Flesland International Airport handled 6,213,960 passengers last year.
- SAS bought Braathens in 2001, and from the following year, only SAS flew the Oslo route.
- The closest airport to Bergen-Flesland International Airport (BGO) is Stord Airport, Sørstokken (SRP), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) S of BGO.
- Bergen-Flesland International Airport (BGO) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Bergen-Flesland International Airport (BGO) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,296 miles (18,179 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
Facts about Forbes Airport (FRB):
- Forbes Airport (FRB) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Forbes Airport (FRB) is Condobolin Airport (CBX), which is located 47 miles (75 kilometers) WNW of FRB.
- The furthest airport from Forbes Airport (FRB) is Horta International Airport (HOR), which is nearly antipodal to Forbes Airport (meaning Forbes Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Horta International Airport), and is located 12,034 miles (19,367 kilometers) away in Horta, Azores, Portugal.
- Because of Forbes Airport's relatively low elevation of 760 feet, planes can take off or land at Forbes 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.