Nonstop flight route between Egilsstaðir, Iceland and New Haven, Connecticut, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Egilsstaðir Airport (EGS), Egilsstaðir, Iceland and Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN), New Haven, Connecticut, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,780 miles (or 4,474 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 Egilsstaðir Airport and Tweed New Haven 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 Egilsstaðir Airport and Tweed New Haven Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | EGS / BIEG | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Egilsstaðir, Iceland | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 65°16'59"N by 14°24'5"W | 
| Area Served: | Egilsstaðir | 
| Operator/Owner: | Isavia | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 76 feet (23 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from EGS | 
| More Information: | EGS Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | HVN / KHVN | 
| Airport Name: | Tweed New Haven Airport | 
| Location: | New Haven, Connecticut, United States | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 41°15'50"N by 72°53'12"W | 
| Area Served: | New Haven, Connecticut | 
| Operator/Owner: | City of New Haven | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 12 feet (4 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 2 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from HVN | 
| More Information: | HVN Maps & Info | 
Facts about Egilsstaðir Airport (EGS):
- Egilsstaðir Airport (EGS) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Egilsstaðir Airport (EGS) is Vopnafjörður Airport (VPN), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) NNW of EGS.
- In addition to being known as "Egilsstaðir Airport", another name for EGS is "Egilsstaðaflugvöllur".
- The furthest airport from Egilsstaðir Airport (EGS) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,163 miles (17,965 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
- Egilsstaðir Airport handled 101,424 passengers last year.
- Because of Egilsstaðir Airport's relatively low elevation of 76 feet, planes can take off or land at Egilsstaðir 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.
Facts about Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN):
- The closest airport to Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN) is Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Airport (BDR), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) WSW of HVN.
- Because of Tweed New Haven Airport's relatively low elevation of 12 feet, planes can take off or land at Tweed New Haven 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 Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,768 miles (18,939 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Jet flights from New Haven to Chicago-O'Hare started in 1985-86, initially on Air Wisconsin's BAE-146s as "United Express".
- US Airways Express, which flew from New Haven to Philadelphia and Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., now is the only passenger airline at New Haven, flying to Philadelphia.
- In 2007 the Federal Aviation Administration and the State of Connecticut approved the addition of safety overruns to Tweed's main runway.
- Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN) has 2 runways.
- The future of the airport has been the subject of disagreement between the City of New Haven and the Town of East Haven.
- Fixed Base Operator "New Haven Airways" started scheduled flights and became New Haven's home town airline, NewAir.




