Nonstop flight route between Fairbanks / Fort Wainwright, Alaska, United States and Kemi / Tornio, Finland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ladd Army Airfield (FBK), Fairbanks / Fort Wainwright, Alaska, United States and Kemi-Tornio Airport (KEM), Kemi / Tornio, Finland would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,404 miles (or 5,478 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 Kemi-Tornio 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 Ladd Army Airfield and Kemi-Tornio Airport. 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):

• The airplanes arrived at Ladd were stripped of all but basic instrumentation and armament.
• 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.
• 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.
• During 1946-1950, personnel from Ladd laid some of the groundwork of the early Cold War with strategic reconnaissance and Arctic research projects.
• The closest airport to Ladd Army Airfield (FBK) is Fairbanks International Airport (FAI), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) WSW of FBK.
• Ladd Army Airfield (FBK) currently has only 1 runway.
• By the end of the war, 7,926 aircraft were ferried though Ladd Field.
• From the late 1940s into the 1950s, Ladd AFB served as the northern hub for Air Force activities in Alaska.

Facts about Kemi-Tornio Airport (KEM):

• The furthest airport from Kemi-Tornio Airport (KEM) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,722 miles (17,255 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Kemi-Tornio Airport (KEM) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Kemi-Tornio Airport's relatively low elevation of 61 feet, planes can take off or land at Kemi-Tornio 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.
• Kemi-Tornio Airport is an airport in Kemi, Finland.
• Currently the only scheduled destination from Kemi is Helsinki.
• Kemi-Tornio Airport handled 96,562 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Kemi-Tornio Airport", another name for KEM is "Kemi-Tornion lentoasema".
• The closest airport to Kemi-Tornio Airport (KEM) is Oulu Airport (OUL), which is located 63 miles (101 kilometers) SSE of KEM.