Nonstop flight route between Alta, Norway and Khon Kaen, Thailand:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Alta Airport (ALF), Alta, Norway and Khon Kaen Airport (KKC), Khon Kaen, Thailand would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,901 miles (or 7,887 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 Khon Kaen 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 Khon Kaen 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: | KKC / VTUK |
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Location: | Khon Kaen, Thailand |
GPS Coordinates: | 16°27'59"N by 102°47'1"E |
Operator/Owner: | Military |
Airport Type: | Military/Public |
Elevation: | 670 feet (204 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KKC |
More Information: | KKC Maps & Info |
Facts about Alta Airport (ALF):
- The first airport in Alta was built by the Wehrmacht during the German occupation of Norway.
- 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".
- The closest airport to Alta Airport (ALF) is Lakselv Airport, Banak (LKL), which is located 38 miles (62 kilometers) E of ALF.
- Services were at first operated by Scandinavian Airlines System.
- Avinor decided in February 2007 to build a new passenger terminal and tower for NOK 300 million.
- The airport is served by Norwegian Air Shuttle and Scandinavian Airlines with Boeing 737 aircraft on flights to Tromsø and Oslo.
- 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.
- However, no progress was made with the airfield for over a decade.
- 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.
- Alta Airport handled 353,051 passengers last year.
Facts about Khon Kaen Airport (KKC):
- In addition to being known as "Khon Kaen Airport", another name for KKC is "ท่าอากาศยานขอนแก่น".
- The closest airport to Khon Kaen Airport (KKC) is Udon Thani International Airport ท่าอากาศยานอุดรธานี (UTH), which is located 64 miles (102 kilometers) N of KKC.
- Because of Khon Kaen Airport's relatively low elevation of 670 feet, planes can take off or land at Khon Kaen 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 Khon Kaen Airport (KKC) is Maria Reiche Neuman Airport (NZC), which is nearly antipodal to Khon Kaen Airport (meaning Khon Kaen Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Maria Reiche Neuman Airport), and is located 12,250 miles (19,714 kilometers) away in Nazca, Ica Region, Peru.
- Khon Kaen Airport (KKC) currently has only 1 runway.