Nonstop flight route between Windsor Locks (near Hartford), Connecticut, United States and Hamar, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bradley International Airport (BDL), Windsor Locks (near Hartford), Connecticut, United States and Hamar Airport, Stafsberg (HMR), Hamar, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,556 miles (or 5,723 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 Bradley International Airport and Hamar Airport, Stafsberg, 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 Bradley International Airport and Hamar Airport, Stafsberg. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Bradley International Airport (BDL):

• On June 22, 2012, the Connecticut Airport Authority board formally approved the hiring of Kevin A.
• The airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport.
• Because of Bradley International Airport's relatively low elevation of 173 feet, planes can take off or land at Bradley 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 airfield began civilian use in 1947 as Bradley International Airport.
• On October 7, 2008, Embraer, an aerospace company based in Brazil, selected Bradley as its service center for the Northeastern United States.
• The closest airport to Bradley International Airport (BDL) is Rentschler Heliport (EHT), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) SSE of BDL.
• Bradley International Airport (BDL) has 3 runways.
• The furthest airport from Bradley International Airport (BDL) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,740 miles (18,894 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• On June 21, 2011, the new Boeing 747-8 stopped at Bradley on its introductory world tour, it was the 747-8F cargo variant.
• In 1979, a tornado ripped through Windsor Locks, wreaking destruction along the eastern portions of the airport.
• In 1950 Bradley International Airport exceeded the 100,000-passenger mark, handling 108,348 annual passengers.

Facts about Hamar Airport, Stafsberg (HMR):

• Because of Hamar Airport, Stafsberg's relatively low elevation of 713 feet, planes can take off or land at Hamar Airport, Stafsberg 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.
• Construction commenced immediately and took less than four months.
• The closest airport to Hamar Airport, Stafsberg (HMR) is Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL), which is located 43 miles (68 kilometers) S of HMR.
• Flytransport was established at the airport in 1964 and operated taxi flights and an aviation school, specializing in helicopter training.
• In addition to being known as "Hamar Airport, Stafsberg", another name for HMR is "Hamar flyplass, Stafsberg".
• The furthest airport from Hamar Airport, Stafsberg (HMR) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,221 miles (18,059 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Braathens SAFE started flying scheduled services to Hamar from 16 May 1956, using de Havilland Herons.
• By then the aviation company Scan-Craft, originally known as Lyslid Flyservice, had started an aircraft maintenance service at Stavsberg.