Nonstop flight route between Vardø, Norway and Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Vardø Airport, Svartnes (VAW), Vardø, Norway and Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro International Airport (RBR), Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,068 miles (or 11,374 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 Vardø Airport, Svartnes and Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro 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 Vardø Airport, Svartnes and Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro 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: | VAW / ENSS |
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Location: | Vardø, Norway |
GPS Coordinates: | 70°21'19"N by 31°2'42"E |
Area Served: | Vardø, Norway |
Operator/Owner: | Avinor |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 42 feet (13 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from VAW |
More Information: | VAW Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | RBR / SBRB |
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Location: | Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 9°52'8"S by 67°53'53"W |
Area Served: | Rio Branco |
Operator/Owner: | Infraero |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 633 feet (193 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from RBR |
More Information: | RBR Maps & Info |
Facts about Vardø Airport, Svartnes (VAW):
- In addition to being known as "Vardø Airport, Svartnes", another name for VAW is "Vardø Lufthavn, Svartnes".
- The wooden runway was pillaged by locals to accumulate building materials for reconstruction.
- The furthest airport from Vardø Airport, Svartnes (VAW) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,373 miles (16,694 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Norving started operating irregular air taxi flights to Vardø after they took delivery of an eight-seat Britten-Norman Islander in April 1970.
- Vardø Airport, Svartnes handled 14,664 passengers last year.
- Because of Vardø Airport, Svartnes's relatively low elevation of 42 feet, planes can take off or land at Vardø Airport, Svartnes 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.
- Svartnes was built by the German Luftwaffe 1943, where it served fighter aircraft to protect German convoys.
- The closest airport to Vardø Airport, Svartnes (VAW) is Vadsø Airport (VDS), which is located 34 miles (56 kilometers) SW of VAW.
Facts about Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro International Airport (RBR):
- The closest airport to Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro International Airport (RBR) is Captain Aníbal Arab Airport (CIJ), which is located 101 miles (162 kilometers) SW of RBR.
- Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro International Airport handled 382,469 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro International Airport", another name for RBR is "Aeroporto Internacional de Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro".
- Because of Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro International Airport's relatively low elevation of 633 feet, planes can take off or land at Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro 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 furthest airport from Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro International Airport (RBR) is Cam Ranh International Airport (CXR), which is nearly antipodal to Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro International Airport (meaning Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cam Ranh International Airport), and is located 12,192 miles (19,621 kilometers) away in Cam Ranh, Khánh Hòa, Vietnam.
- Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro International Airport (RBR) currently has only 1 runway.