Nonstop flight route between Kerrville, Texas, United States and Hammerfest, Finnmark, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kerrville Municipal Airport (ERV), Kerrville, Texas, United States and Hammerfest Airport (HFT), Hammerfest, Finnmark, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,944 miles (or 7,956 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 Kerrville Municipal Airport 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 Kerrville Municipal Airport and Hammerfest Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kerrville Municipal Airport (ERV):

• The closest airport to Kerrville Municipal Airport (ERV) is South Texas Regional Airport at Hondo (HDO), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) S of ERV.
• The airport opened in February 1943 as Louis Schreiner Field and was used by the United States Army Air Forces as a training base.
• The furthest airport from Kerrville Municipal Airport (ERV) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,132 miles (17,915 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Kerrville Municipal Airport (ERV) has 2 runways.
• In the year ending August 5, 2011 the airport had 59,800 general aviation operations, average 163 per day.
• In addition to being known as "Kerrville Municipal Airport", another name for ERV is "Louis Schreiner Field".

Facts about Hammerfest Airport (HFT):

• The closest airport to Hammerfest Airport (HFT) is Hasvik Airport (HAA), which is located 38 miles (60 kilometers) WSW of HFT.
• 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".
• Avinor's proposal for National Transport Plan 2014–2023 discards building an airport at Grøtnes.
• The helicopter operations were taken over by Norsk Helikpoter when they opened their base on 11 November 2004.Airport security was introduced on 1 January 2005.
• Avinor is considering building a new airport at Grøtnes, which would be built as reclaimed land 15 kilometers from Hammerfest.
• 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.
• Hammerfest was served from 1935 by scheduled seaplanes at a water aerodrome at Rypefjord.