Nonstop flight route between Alta, Norway and Lac La Martre, Northwest Territories, Canada:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Alta Airport (ALF), Alta, Norway and Whatì Airport (YLE), Lac La Martre, Northwest Territories, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,045 miles (or 4,900 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 Whatì 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 Whatì 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: | YLE / CWMT |
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Location: | Lac La Martre, Northwest Territories, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 63°7'54"N by 117°14'45"W |
Operator/Owner: | Government of the Northwest Territories |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 882 feet (269 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YLE |
More Information: | YLE 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 handled 353,051 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Alta Airport", another name for ALF is "Alta lufthavn".
- 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 (ALF) currently has only 1 runway.
- SAS Commuter was established in 1988 and started operations in Northern Norway in May 1990, making Alta its central hub for Finnmark.
- The closest airport to Alta Airport (ALF) is Lakselv Airport, Banak (LKL), which is located 38 miles (62 kilometers) E of ALF.
- The airport is served by Norwegian Air Shuttle and Scandinavian Airlines with Boeing 737 aircraft on flights to Tromsø and Oslo.
- Plans for expanding the 1,670-square-meter terminal facilities were first articulated by the Civil Airport Administration in the 1990s.
- 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.
- 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.
Facts about Whatì Airport (YLE):
- The furthest airport from Whatì Airport (YLE) is Port Alfred Airport (AFD), which is located 9,878 miles (15,897 kilometers) away in Port Alfred, South Africa.
- Because of Whatì Airport's relatively low elevation of 882 feet, planes can take off or land at Whatì 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.
- In addition to being known as "Whatì Airport", another name for YLE is "CEM3".
- The closest airport to Whatì Airport (YLE) is Gamèti/Rae Lakes Airport (YRA), which is located 68 miles (110 kilometers) N of YLE.
- Whatì Airport (YLE) currently has only 1 runway.