Nonstop flight route between East Farmingdale, New York, United States and Værøy, Nordland, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Republic Airport (FRG), East Farmingdale, New York, United States and Værøy Heliport (VRY), Værøy, Nordland, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,556 miles (or 5,724 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 Republic Airport and Værøy Heliport, 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 Republic Airport and Værøy Heliport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Republic Airport (FRG):

• Republic Airport has a two-story terminal building serving passengers boarding charter flights to short distance destinations such as Atlantic City, New Jersey.
• It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation reliever airport.
• Because of Republic Airport's relatively low elevation of 80 feet, planes can take off or land at Republic 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 Republic Airport (FRG) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,775 miles (18,949 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Republic Airport (FRG) has 2 runways.
• After complaints that the MTA was not contributing taxes to local governments and questions about the MTA spending at Republic, ownership of the airport was transferred to the New York State Department of Transportation by the New York State Legislature in April 1983, to promote economic development in the surrounding Long Island region.
• The closest airport to Republic Airport (FRG) is Long Island MacArthur Airport (HAP), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) ENE of FRG.
• The Long Island Republic Airport Historical Society, formed in 1984,and chartered by the Board of Regents of the State of New York in 1987, maintains sixteen photographic exhibits illustrating the history of aviation, and historical archives, on the first floor of the Republic Airport terminal building behind the FAA tower on the east side of Route 110.

Facts about Værøy Heliport (VRY):

• The closest airport to Værøy Heliport (VRY) is Røst Airport (RET), which is located only 19 miles (30 kilometers) WSW of VRY.
• Proposals for an airport at Værøy and Røst were launched in the late 1960s.
• Because of Værøy Heliport's relatively low elevation of 15 feet, planes can take off or land at Værøy Heliport 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.
• Værøy Heliport is located at Tobbisodden, the outer-most point of Kvitvarden near the village of Sørland on the island of Værøy.
• The furthest airport from Værøy Heliport (VRY) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 10,759 miles (17,314 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• Værøy Heliport handled 10,210 passengers last year.
• With state-financed operations the service was made subject to public service obligations.
• In addition to being known as "Værøy Heliport", another name for VRY is "Værøy helikopterhavn".