Nonstop flight route between Changde, Hunan, China and Alta, Norway:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Changde Taohuayuan Airport (CGD), Changde, Hunan, China and Alta Airport (ALF), Alta, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,311 miles (or 6,938 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 Changde Taohuayuan Airport and Alta 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 Changde Taohuayuan Airport and Alta Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | CGD / ZGCD |
| Airport Name: | Changde Taohuayuan Airport |
| Location: | Changde, Hunan, China |
| GPS Coordinates: | 28°55'8"N by 111°38'24"E |
| Area Served: | Changde |
| View all routes: | Routes from CGD |
| More Information: | CGD Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | ALF / ENAT |
| Airport Names: |
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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 |
Facts about Changde Taohuayuan Airport (CGD):
- The furthest airport from Changde Taohuayuan Airport (CGD) is Capitán Vicente Almandos Almonacid Airport (IRJ), which is nearly antipodal to Changde Taohuayuan Airport (meaning Changde Taohuayuan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Capitán Vicente Almandos Almonacid Airport), and is located 12,337 miles (19,855 kilometers) away in La Rioja, Argentina.
- The closest airport to Changde Taohuayuan Airport (CGD) is Zhangjiajie Airport (DYG), which is located 73 miles (118 kilometers) W of CGD.
Facts about Alta Airport (ALF):
- Plans for expanding the 1,670-square-meter terminal facilities were first articulated by the Civil Airport Administration in the 1990s.
- 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.
- Construction started in February 1962 and cost NOK 3.2 million.
- Avinor decided in February 2007 to build a new passenger terminal and tower for NOK 300 million.
- Alta Airport (ALF) currently has only 1 runway.
- Local politicians started discussing the airfield plans again in the mid-1950s, and an airport for Alta was included in the national airport plan launched in 1956.
- The closest airport to Alta Airport (ALF) is Lakselv Airport, Banak (LKL), which is located 38 miles (62 kilometers) E of ALF.
- In addition to being known as "Alta Airport", another name for ALF is "Alta lufthavn".
- Alta Airport handled 353,051 passengers last year.
- 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.
