Nonstop flight route between Evansville, Indiana, United States and Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Evansville Regional Airport (EVV), Evansville, Indiana, United States and Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR), Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,831 miles (or 6,165 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 Evansville Regional Airport and Svalbard Airport, Longyear, 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 Evansville Regional Airport and Svalbard Airport, Longyear. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | EVV / KEVV |
Airport Name: | Evansville Regional Airport |
Location: | Evansville, Indiana, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 38°2'17"N by 87°31'50"W |
Area Served: | Evansville, Indiana |
Operator/Owner: | Evansville/Vanderburgh Airport Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 418 feet (127 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from EVV |
More Information: | EVV Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LYR / ENSB |
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Location: | Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway |
GPS Coordinates: | 78°14'45"N by 15°27'56"E |
Area Served: | Svalbard, Norway |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 94 feet (29 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LYR |
More Information: | LYR Maps & Info |
Facts about Evansville Regional Airport (EVV):
- The airport has an Instrument Landing System.
- The furthest airport from Evansville Regional Airport (EVV) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,144 miles (17,934 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 193,349 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 153,993 in 2009 and 169,967 in 2010.
- Because of Evansville Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 418 feet, planes can take off or land at Evansville Regional 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 closest airport to Evansville Regional Airport (EVV) is Owensboro-Daviess County Airport (OWB), which is located 29 miles (46 kilometers) SE of EVV.
- The original terminal was replaced in 1988 with the new William H.
- Evansville Regional Airport (EVV) has 3 runways.
- Built in 1928 on 260 acres of land along U.S.
- In January 2012, the airport announced the adding of four new jet bridges.
Facts about Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR):
- The runway is 2,483 metres long and aligned 10/28, equipped with instrument landing system, but there are no taxiways.
- The furthest airport from Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) is Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM), which is located 10,170 miles (16,367 kilometers) away in Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica.
- In addition to being known as "Svalbard Airport, Longyear", another name for LYR is "Svalbard lufthavn, Longyear".
- The airport is located 1.6 nautical miles northwest of Longyearbyen, the largest settlement on Svalbard.
- Lufttransport has been at the airport since 1976.
- On 14 August 1987, Braathens SAFE re-entered the market, flying in parallel with SAS to Tromsø and Oslo.
- Because of Svalbard Airport, Longyear's relatively low elevation of 94 feet, planes can take off or land at Svalbard Airport, Longyear 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 closest airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) is Honningsvåg Airport, Valan (HVG), which is located 534 miles (859 kilometers) SSE of LYR.
- The Svalbard Treaty specifies that no military installations are permitted on the archipelago.
- Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) currently has only 1 runway.
- Svalbard Airport, Longyear handled 126,350 passengers last year.