Nonstop flight route between Alta, Norway and Hyannis, Massachusetts, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Alta Airport (ALF), Alta, Norway and Barnstable Municipal Airport (HYA), Hyannis, Massachusetts, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,629 miles (or 5,841 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 Alta Airport and Barnstable Municipal 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 Alta Airport and Barnstable Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Alta Airport (ALF):

• A proposal by a consultant company, ordered by the Ministry of Transport and Communications in 2011, suggested that starting in 2013 the subsidized routes in Finnmark should follow a coastal route, leaving those to Kirkenes and the county capital of Vadsø as the only subsidized routes remaining at Alta.
• In addition to being known as "Alta Airport", another name for ALF is "Alta lufthavn".
• Alta Airport (ALF) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Alta Airport (ALF) is Lakselv Airport, Banak (LKL), which is located 38 miles (62 kilometers) E of ALF.
• The airbus bus is operated by Boreal Transport and takes ten minutes to the town center.
• Local politicians started discussing the airfield plans again in the mid-1950s, and an airport for Alta was included in the national airport plan launched in 1956.
• Alta Airport handled 353,051 passengers last year.
• Because of Alta Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Alta 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.
• Activity at Alta Airport peaked in the following years.
• The furthest airport from Alta Airport (ALF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,502 miles (16,901 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Alta Airport is an international airport serving Alta, a town and municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

Facts about Barnstable Municipal Airport (HYA):

• Because of Barnstable Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 55 feet, planes can take off or land at Barnstable Municipal 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.
• Currently there are Cessna 402 from Cape Air, Island Airlines, and Nantucket Airlines and Cessna 208 from Island Airlines handled as commercial aircraft.
• Barnstable Municipal Airport (HYA) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Barnstable Municipal Airport (HYA) is Otis Air National Guard Base Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod (FMH), which is located only 12 miles (20 kilometers) W of HYA.
• The furthest airport from Barnstable Municipal Airport (HYA) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,827 miles (19,034 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In addition to being known as "Barnstable Municipal Airport", another name for HYA is "Boardman/Polando Field".
• It was renamed Barnstable Municipal Airport - Boardman/Polando Field in honor of Massachusetts aviation pioneers Russell Boardman and John Polando in 1981.