Nonstop flight route between Essaouira, Morocco and Sørkjosen, Norway:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Essaouira-Mogador Airport (ESU), Essaouira, Morocco and Sørkjosen Airport (SOJ), Sørkjosen, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,905 miles (or 4,675 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 Essaouira-Mogador Airport and Sørkjosen 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 Essaouira-Mogador Airport and Sørkjosen Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | ESU / GMMI |
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| Location: | Essaouira, Morocco |
| GPS Coordinates: | 31°23'51"N by 9°40'54"W |
| Area Served: | Essaouira, Morocco |
| Operator/Owner: | ONDA |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 384 feet (117 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from ESU |
| More Information: | ESU Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SOJ / ENSR |
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| Location: | Sørkjosen, Norway |
| GPS Coordinates: | 69°47'12"N by 20°57'34"E |
| Operator/Owner: | Avinor |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 16 feet (5 meters) |
| View all routes: | Routes from SOJ |
| More Information: | SOJ Maps & Info |
Facts about Essaouira-Mogador Airport (ESU):
- The closest airport to Essaouira-Mogador Airport (ESU) is Agadir – Al Massira Airport (AGA), which is located 76 miles (122 kilometers) SSE of ESU.
- In addition to being known as "Essaouira-Mogador Airport", another name for ESU is "مطار الصويرة موكادور".
- Essaouira-Mogador Airport (ESU) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Essaouira-Mogador Airport's relatively low elevation of 384 feet, planes can take off or land at Essaouira-Mogador 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 Essaouira-Mogador Airport (ESU) is Norfolk Island Airport (NLK), which is nearly antipodal to Essaouira-Mogador Airport (meaning Essaouira-Mogador Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Norfolk Island Airport), and is located 12,221 miles (19,667 kilometers) away in Norfolk Island, Australia.
Facts about Sørkjosen Airport (SOJ):
- Because of Sørkjosen Airport's relatively low elevation of 16 feet, planes can take off or land at Sørkjosen 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 Sørkjosen Airport (SOJ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,541 miles (16,965 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Sørkjosen Airport (SOJ) is Tromsø Airport, Langnes (TOS), which is located 49 miles (80 kilometers) W of SOJ.
- Sørkjosen Airport handled 16,993 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Sørkjosen Airport", another name for SOJ is "Sørkjosen lufthavn".
- A new fire station, serving both the airport and the municipality, was completed in 1992, costing 3.2 million Norwegian krone.
- In the mid-1990s, Nordreisa Municipal Council attempted to change the airport's name from Sørkjosen to Nordreisa.
