Nonstop flight route between Cushing, Oklahoma, United States and Vadsø, Finnmark, Norway:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Cushing Municipal Airport (CUH), Cushing, Oklahoma, United States and Vadsø Airport (VDS), Vadsø, Finnmark, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,644 miles (or 7,474 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 Cushing Municipal Airport and Vadsø 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 Cushing Municipal Airport and Vadsø Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CUH / KCUH |
Airport Name: | Cushing Municipal Airport |
Location: | Cushing, Oklahoma, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°57'0"N by 96°46'23"W |
Area Served: | Cushing, Oklahoma |
Operator/Owner: | City of Cushing |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 925 feet (282 meters) |
# of Runways: | 4 |
View all routes: | Routes from CUH |
More Information: | CUH Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | VDS / ENVD |
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Location: | Vadsø, Finnmark, Norway |
GPS Coordinates: | 70°3'55"N by 29°50'40"E |
Area Served: | Vadsø |
Operator/Owner: | Avinor |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 127 feet (39 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from VDS |
More Information: | VDS Maps & Info |
Facts about Cushing Municipal Airport (CUH):
- Because of Cushing Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 925 feet, planes can take off or land at Cushing Municipal 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 furthest airport from Cushing Municipal Airport (CUH) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,793 miles (17,369 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The closest airport to Cushing Municipal Airport (CUH) is Stroud Municipal Airport (SUD), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) SSE of CUH.
- Cushing Municipal Airport (CUH) has 4 runways.
Facts about Vadsø Airport (VDS):
- The closest airport to Vadsø Airport (VDS) is Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen (KKN), which is located 24 miles (38 kilometers) S of VDS.
- Varangfly proposed Vadsø as a possible site of a small airfield in 1964, suitable for landing air taxis and air ambulances.
- In addition to being known as "Vadsø Airport", another name for VDS is "Vadsø lufthavn".
- The furthest airport from Vadsø Airport (VDS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,407 miles (16,748 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Because of Vadsø Airport's relatively low elevation of 127 feet, planes can take off or land at Vadsø 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.
- On 4 January 1984 a Cessna aircraft crashed into the sea after take-off from the airport.
- The first seaplane route to Vadsø was started by Widerøe in 1938, which flew along the coast south to Trondheim.
- Vadsø Airport handled 81,772 passengers last year.