Nonstop flight route between Matam, Senegal and Mehamn, Norway:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Ouro Sogui Airport (MAX), Matam, Senegal and Mehamn Airport (MEH), Mehamn, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,191 miles (or 6,745 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 Ouro Sogui Airport and Mehamn 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 Ouro Sogui Airport and Mehamn Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MAX / GOSM |
Airport Name: | Ouro Sogui Airport |
Location: | Matam, Senegal |
GPS Coordinates: | 15°35'36"N by 13°19'22"W |
Area Served: | Matam, Senegal |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 85 feet (26 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from MAX |
More Information: | MAX Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MEH / ENMH |
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Location: | Mehamn, Norway |
GPS Coordinates: | 71°1'44"N by 27°49'35"E |
Area Served: | Mehamn, Finnmark, Norway |
Operator/Owner: | Avinor |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 39 feet (12 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MEH |
More Information: | MEH Maps & Info |
Facts about Ouro Sogui Airport (MAX):
- Because of Ouro Sogui Airport's relatively low elevation of 85 feet, planes can take off or land at Ouro Sogui 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 closest airport to Ouro Sogui Airport (MAX) is Kaédi Airport (KED), which is located 41 miles (66 kilometers) NNW of MAX.
- The furthest airport from Ouro Sogui Airport (MAX) is Santo-Pekoa International Airport (SON), which is nearly antipodal to Ouro Sogui Airport (meaning Ouro Sogui Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Santo-Pekoa International Airport), and is located 12,400 miles (19,956 kilometers) away in Luganville, Vanuatu.
Facts about Mehamn Airport (MEH):
- On 11 March 1982, Widerøe Flight 933 crashed into the Barents Sea between Berlevåg Airport and Mehamn Airport, killing all fifteen people on board the Twin Otter.
- The closest airport to Mehamn Airport (MEH) is Berlevåg Airport (BVG), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) ESE of MEH.
- The furthest airport from Mehamn Airport (MEH) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,384 miles (16,711 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Mehamn Airport handled 16,810 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Mehamn Airport", another name for MEH is "Mehamn lufthavn".
- Because of Mehamn Airport's relatively low elevation of 39 feet, planes can take off or land at Mehamn 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.
- Widerøe operated Twin Otters on the route until 1995, when the Dash 8 was introduced.
- Mehamn Airport (MEH) currently has only 1 runway.
- Simultaneously as Mehamn was awarded an airport, Parliament voted to build a new road which would better winter transport between the villages of Kjøllefjord, Mehamn and Gamvik, allow Mehamn Airport to efficiently serve the entire peninsula.