Nonstop flight route between Craig, Alaska, United States and Hammerfest, Finnmark, Norway:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Craig Seaplane Base (CGA), Craig, Alaska, United States and Hammerfest Airport (HFT), Hammerfest, Finnmark, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,645 miles (or 5,867 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 Craig Seaplane Base and Hammerfest 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 Craig Seaplane Base and Hammerfest Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CGA / |
Airport Name: | Craig Seaplane Base |
Location: | Craig, Alaska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 55°28'44"N by 133°8'52"W |
Area Served: | Craig, Alaska |
Operator/Owner: | City of Craig |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 0 feet (0 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CGA |
More Information: | CGA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HFT / ENHF |
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Location: | Hammerfest, Finnmark, Norway |
GPS Coordinates: | 70°40'46"N by 23°40'6"E |
Area Served: | Hammerfest |
Operator/Owner: | Avinor |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 262 feet (80 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from HFT |
More Information: | HFT Maps & Info |
Facts about Craig Seaplane Base (CGA):
- The closest airport to Craig Seaplane Base (CGA) is Klawock Airport (KLW), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) NNE of CGA.
- Craig Seaplane Base (CGA) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Craig Seaplane Base (CGA) is Port Alfred Airport (AFD), which is located 10,645 miles (17,131 kilometers) away in Port Alfred, South Africa.
- Craig Seaplane Base is a public use seaplane base owned by and located in Craig, a city in the Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area of the U.S.
- Because of Craig Seaplane Base's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Craig Seaplane Base 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.
Facts about Hammerfest Airport (HFT):
- Widerøe introduced the de Havilland Canada Dash 7 on the route from Tromsø Airport to Hammerfest in 1983, the same year as Norving started flights from Hammerfest to Hasvik Airport.
- The closest airport to Hammerfest Airport (HFT) is Hasvik Airport (HAA), which is located 38 miles (60 kilometers) WSW of HFT.
- Avinor's proposal for National Transport Plan 2014–2023 discards building an airport at Grøtnes.
- The furthest airport from Hammerfest Airport (HFT) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,456 miles (16,828 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- In addition to being known as "Hammerfest Airport", another name for HFT is "Hammerfest lufthavn".
- Because of Hammerfest Airport's relatively low elevation of 262 feet, planes can take off or land at Hammerfest 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.
- Hammerfest Airport handled 120,503 passengers last year.
- The mid-1960s saw several proposals for regional airports in Finnmark.
- Avinor is considering building a new airport at Grøtnes, which would be built as reclaimed land 15 kilometers from Hammerfest.