Nonstop flight route between Båtsfjord, Finnmark, Norway and Tengah, Singapore:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Båtsfjord Airport (BJF), Båtsfjord, Finnmark, Norway and Tengah Air Base (TAB) (TGA), Tengah, Singapore would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,765 miles (or 9,278 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 Båtsfjord Airport and Tengah Air Base (TAB), 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 Båtsfjord Airport and Tengah Air Base (TAB). You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BJF / ENBS |
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| Location: | Båtsfjord, Finnmark, Norway |
| GPS Coordinates: | 70°36'1"N by 29°41'34"E |
| Area Served: | Båtsfjord, Norway |
| Operator/Owner: | Avinor |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 490 feet (149 meters) |
| View all routes: | Routes from BJF |
| More Information: | BJF Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | TGA / WSAT |
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| Location: | Tengah, Singapore |
| GPS Coordinates: | 1°23'13"N by 103°42'30"E |
| Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence (Singapore) |
| Airport Type: | Military airbase |
| Elevation: | 50 feet (15 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 3 |
| View all routes: | Routes from TGA |
| More Information: | TGA Maps & Info |
Facts about Båtsfjord Airport (BJF):
- Because of Båtsfjord Airport's relatively low elevation of 490 feet, planes can take off or land at Båtsfjord 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 terminal consists of a single building, with an integrated control tower, capable of handling 120 passengers per hour.
- The furthest airport from Båtsfjord Airport (BJF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,381 miles (16,706 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- All services from the airport are operated by Widerøe with 39-seat Dash-8-100 aircraft.
- Båtsfjord Airport handled 16,842 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Båtsfjord Airport", another name for BJF is "Båtsfjord lufthavn".
- The first airline to operate to Båtsfjord was Varangfly, later renamed Norving, who flew seaplane taxi and ambulance flights in the early 1960s.
- The closest airport to Båtsfjord Airport (BJF) is Berlevåg Airport (BVG), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) NW of BJF.
Facts about Tengah Air Base (TAB) (TGA):
- The furthest airport from Tengah Air Base (TAB) (TGA) is Francisco de Orellana Airport (OCC), which is nearly antipodal to Tengah Air Base (TAB) (meaning Tengah Air Base (TAB) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Francisco de Orellana Airport), and is located 12,357 miles (19,886 kilometers) away in Coca, Ecuador.
- Tengah Air Base (TAB) (TGA) has 3 runways.
- After the Japanese capture of Singapore, Tengah came under the control of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force while the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service took over the other two RAF stations of RAF Sembawang and RAF Seletar as Singapore was split into north-south sphere of control.
- In addition to being known as "Tengah Air Base (TAB)", other names for TGA include "登加空军基地" and "Pangkalan Udara Tengah".
- It was renamed Tengah Air Base in 1971, when it was handed over to the Singapore Air Defence Command.
- Prior to Singapore's independence, it was a flying Royal Air Force station known as RAF Tengah.
- Because of Tengah Air Base (TAB)'s relatively low elevation of 50 feet, planes can take off or land at Tengah Air Base (TAB) 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 closest airport to Tengah Air Base (TAB) (TGA) is Seletar Airport (XSP), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) E of TGA.
- Bristol Blenheim Mk IV bombers at RAF Tengah, June 1941
- RSAF 111Sqn's E-2C Hawkeye
- An aerial view of the RAF Tengah taken in 1953
