Nonstop flight route between Fairbanks / Fort Wainwright, Alaska, United States and Førde / Bringeland, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ladd Army Airfield (FBK), Fairbanks / Fort Wainwright, Alaska, United States and Førde Airport, Bringeland (FDE), Førde / Bringeland, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,608 miles (or 5,807 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 Ladd Army Airfield and Førde Airport, Bringeland, 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 Ladd Army Airfield and Førde Airport, Bringeland. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Ladd Army Airfield (FBK):

• By the end of the war, 7,926 aircraft were ferried though Ladd Field.
• Ladd Army Airfield (FBK) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Ladd Army Airfield (FBK) is Fairbanks International Airport (FAI), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) WSW of FBK.
• In addition to being known as "Ladd Army Airfield", another name for FBK is "(Ladd Air Force Base)".
• The furthest airport from Ladd Army Airfield (FBK) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,286 miles (16,554 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
• Because of Ladd Army Airfield's relatively low elevation of 454 feet, planes can take off or land at Ladd Army Airfield 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.
• Alaska's transportation infrastructure at the time was so limited and the problem of military supply so acute, it also made sense to concentrate the bases along existing supply lines near Anchorage and Fairbanks.

Facts about Førde Airport, Bringeland (FDE):

• The airport was originally owned as an inter-municipal enterprise by Gaular and Førde.
• The furthest airport from Førde Airport, Bringeland (FDE) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,219 miles (18,055 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Førde Airport, Bringeland", another name for FDE is "Førde lufthavn, Bringeland".
• Avinor has started a process to look at the airport structure in Sogn og Fjordane.
• The closest airport to Førde Airport, Bringeland (FDE) is Florø Airport (FRO), which is located 28 miles (44 kilometers) WNW of FDE.
• Førde Airport, Bringeland handled 83,207 passengers last year.