Nonstop flight route between Long Beach, California, United States and Hadsel, Nordland, Norway:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Long Beach Airport (JLB), Long Beach, California, United States and Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen (SKN), Hadsel, Nordland, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,969 miles (or 7,996 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 Long Beach Airport and Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen, 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 Long Beach Airport and Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | JLB / |
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Location: | Long Beach, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°49'4"N by 118°9'6"W |
Area Served: | Los Angeles and Orange counties |
Operator/Owner: | City of Long Beach |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 60 feet (18 meters) |
# of Runways: | 5 |
View all routes: | Routes from JLB |
More Information: | JLB Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SKN / ENSK |
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Location: | Hadsel, Nordland, Norway |
GPS Coordinates: | 68°34'50"N by 15°1'33"E |
Area Served: | Stokmarknes and Sortland |
Operator/Owner: | Avinor |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 13 feet (4 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SKN |
More Information: | SKN Maps & Info |
Facts about Long Beach Airport (JLB):
- In 1981, the startup airline Jet America began non-stop MD-80 service to Chicago and, in 1982, to Dallas-Fort Worth.
- The closest airport to Long Beach Airport (JLB) is Long Beach Airport (LGB), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of JLB.
- Long Beach Airport has one terminal in Streamline Moderne style that is a historical landmark and was renovated in early 2013.
- The furthest airport from Long Beach Airport (JLB) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,489 miles (18,489 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan used to fly regularly out of Daugherty Field.
- Long Beach Airport (JLB) has 5 runways.
- Air cargo carriers, including FedEx and UPS, also use LGB.
- Because of Long Beach Airport's relatively low elevation of 60 feet, planes can take off or land at Long Beach 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.
- Long Beach Airport has few passenger flights compared with Los Angeles International Airport 18 miles to the northwest, and will always be a small airport because of ordinances adopted to minimize noise.
- Long Beach Airport handled 2,978,433 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Long Beach Airport", other names for JLB include "LGB", "KLGB" and "LGB".
- So the Navy had begun a survey for another site — unknown to city officials at the time.
Facts about Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen (SKN):
- The airport opened 1 July 1972 as part of a government program of building a series of small airports along the coast.
- Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen handled 104,171 passengers last year.
- Widerøe is the only approved scheduled air carrier to operate from the airport, using Canadian-built De Havilland Canada Dash 8 STOL aircraft.
- Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen (SKN) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen", another name for SKN is "Stokmarknes lufthavn, Skagen".
- The furthest airport from Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen (SKN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,676 miles (17,182 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen is an airport in the municipality of Hadsel in Nordland county, Norway.
- The closest airport to Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen (SKN) is Svolvær Airport, Helle (SVJ), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) SSW of SKN.
- Because of Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen 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.