Nonstop flight route between Berlevåg, Norway and San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Berlevåg Airport (BVG), Berlevåg, Norway and San Rafael Airport (AFA), San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,625 miles (or 13,881 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 Berlevåg Airport and San Rafael 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 Berlevåg Airport and San Rafael Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BVG / ENBV |
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Location: | Berlevåg, Norway |
GPS Coordinates: | 70°52'17"N by 29°2'3"E |
Operator/Owner: | Avinor |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 43 feet (13 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from BVG |
More Information: | BVG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | AFA / SAMR |
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Location: | San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°35'17"S by 68°24'12"W |
Area Served: | San Rafael, Mendoza Province, Argentina |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2470 feet (753 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from AFA |
More Information: | AFA Maps & Info |
Facts about Berlevåg Airport (BVG):
- During the German occupation of Norway during World War II, the German Wehrmacht was dependent on supplies to the town of Kirkenes which had to be shipped past Varanger Peninsula.
- Berlevåg Airport is a regional airport serving Berlevåg Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.
- Construction of the airport started in 1943 by the Luftwaffe who stationed a detachment of Jagdgeschwader 5 there.
- The closest airport to Berlevåg Airport (BVG) is Båtsfjord Airport (BJF), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) SE of BVG.
- The furthest airport from Berlevåg Airport (BVG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,376 miles (16,698 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Because of Berlevåg Airport's relatively low elevation of 43 feet, planes can take off or land at Berlevåg 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 building is 360 square meters, of which 110 square meters is for the public, and has a capacity for 70 passengers per hour.
- Berlevåg Airport handled 5,949 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Berlevåg Airport", another name for BVG is "Berlevåg lufthavn".
Facts about San Rafael Airport (AFA):
- San Rafael Airport (AFA) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from San Rafael Airport (AFA) is Luoyang Beijiao Airport (LYA), which is nearly antipodal to San Rafael Airport (meaning San Rafael Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Luoyang Beijiao Airport), and is located 12,391 miles (19,941 kilometers) away in Luoyang, Henan, China.
- In addition to being known as "San Rafael Airport", another name for AFA is "Aeropuerto San Rafael "Santiago Germano"".
- The closest airport to San Rafael Airport (AFA) is Comodoro D. Ricardo Salomón Airport (LGS), which is located 91 miles (147 kilometers) SW of AFA.