Nonstop flight route between Port Hedland, Western Australia, Australia and Sandefjord / Stokke, Norway:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Port Hedland International Airport (PHE), Port Hedland, Western Australia, Australia and Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF), Sandefjord / Stokke, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,068 miles (or 12,984 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 Port Hedland International Airport and Sandefjord Airport, Torp, 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 Port Hedland International Airport and Sandefjord Airport, Torp. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PHE / YPPD |
Airport Name: | Port Hedland International Airport |
Location: | Port Hedland, Western Australia, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 20°22'40"S by 118°37'35"E |
Area Served: | Port Hedland and South Hedland |
Operator/Owner: | Town of Port Hedland |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 33 feet (10 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from PHE |
More Information: | PHE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TRF / ENTO |
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Location: | Sandefjord / Stokke, Norway |
GPS Coordinates: | 59°11'12"N by 10°15'30"E |
Area Served: | Sandefjord, Norway |
Operator/Owner: | Sandefjord Lufthavn AS |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 285 feet (87 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from TRF |
More Information: | TRF Maps & Info |
Facts about Port Hedland International Airport (PHE):
- Port Hedland International Airport handled 367,690 passengers last year.
- Port Hedland International Airport (PHE) has 2 runways.
- *Port Hedland-Perth route data only included from August 2009
- The closest airport to Port Hedland International Airport (PHE) is Coolawanyah Station Airport (COY), which is located 113 miles (181 kilometers) SSW of PHE.
- It is undergoing upgrades.
- The furthest airport from Port Hedland International Airport (PHE) is Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport (AXA), which is nearly antipodal to Port Hedland International Airport (meaning Port Hedland International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport), and is located 12,251 miles (19,716 kilometers) away in The Valley, Anguilla.
- Because of Port Hedland International Airport's relatively low elevation of 33 feet, planes can take off or land at Port Hedland 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.
Facts about Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF):
- The closest airport to Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF) is Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) NE of TRF.
- The furthest airport from Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,337 miles (18,245 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- In June 2006 the airport decided to invest NOK 24 million to expand the terminal.
- Even though it is more than twice as far, 118 km, from Oslo as Gardermoen, Oslo's principal airport, and it lacks high-speed rail transport to Oslo, the low-cost airlines market Sandefjord as Oslo-Torp or Oslo-Sandefjord.
- The first civilian aircraft to land was a Douglas DC-3 from Fred Olsen Air Transport in 1958.
- Because of Sandefjord Airport, Torp's relatively low elevation of 285 feet, planes can take off or land at Sandefjord Airport, Torp 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.
- On 1 April 1997, the European aviation market was fully deregulated, and concession was no longer needed to fly internationally between countries within the European Economic Area.
- Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Sandefjord Airport, Torp", another name for TRF is "Sandefjord lufthavn, Torp".
- Sandefjord Airport, Torp handled 1,345,732 passengers last year.
- In 1957, NATO decided to build arsenals for nuclear weapons in all member countries, including Norway.