Nonstop flight route between Alta, Norway and Kirakira, Makira Island, Solomon Islands:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Alta Airport (ALF), Alta, Norway and Kirakira Airport (IRA), Kirakira, Makira Island, Solomon Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,946 miles (or 12,788 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 Kirakira 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 Kirakira Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | ALF / ENAT | 
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| Location: | Alta, Norway | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 69°58'33"N by 23°22'18"E | 
| Area Served: | Alta, Norway | 
| Operator/Owner: | Avinor | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 10 feet (3 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from ALF | 
| More Information: | ALF Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | IRA / AGGK | 
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| Location: | Kirakira, Makira Island, Solomon Islands | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 10°26'57"S by 161°53'53"E | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| View all routes: | Routes from IRA | 
| More Information: | IRA Maps & Info | 
Facts about Alta Airport (ALF):
- Alta Airport handled 353,051 passengers last year.
 - Services were at first operated by Scandinavian Airlines System.
 - The airbus bus is operated by Boreal Transport and takes ten minutes to the town center.
 - The closest airport to Alta Airport (ALF) is Lakselv Airport, Banak (LKL), which is located 38 miles (62 kilometers) E of ALF.
 - Alta Airport (ALF) currently has only 1 runway.
 - Alta Airport's catchment area includes Kautokeino, which has no airport.
 - In addition to being known as "Alta Airport", another name for ALF is "Alta lufthavn".
 - Alta Airport is an international airport serving Alta, a town and municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.
 - 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.
 - SAS bought Braathens in 2001, resulting in the latter taking over the service to Oslo starting on 1 April 2002.
 - 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.
 - The airport is served by Norwegian Air Shuttle and Scandinavian Airlines with Boeing 737 aircraft on flights to Tromsø and Oslo.
 
Facts about Kirakira Airport (IRA):
- The furthest airport from Kirakira Airport (IRA) is Cap Skirring Airport (CSK), which is nearly antipodal to Kirakira Airport (meaning Kirakira Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cap Skirring Airport), and is located 12,273 miles (19,752 kilometers) away in Cap Skirring, Senegal.
 - In addition to being known as "Kirakira Airport", another name for IRA is "Ngorangora Airstrip".
 - The closest airport to Kirakira Airport (IRA) is Ulawa Airport (RNA), which is located 41 miles (67 kilometers) N of IRA.
 
