Nonstop flight route between Gomel, Belarus and Stavanger, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gomel Airport (GME), Gomel, Belarus and Stavanger-Sola International Airport (SVG), Stavanger, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,073 miles (or 1,726 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 relatively short distance between Gomel Airport and Stavanger-Sola International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Gomel Airport (GME):

• Gomel Airport is an airport located 3 km north-east from Gomel, the second-largest city in Belarus.
• In addition to being known as "Gomel Airport", other names for GME include "Аэрапорт Гомель" and "Аэропорт Гомель".
• Because of Gomel Airport's relatively low elevation of 472 feet, planes can take off or land at Gomel 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.
• Besides Belarusian air companies, Latvian flag carrier "airBaltic" serviced flights between Gomel and Riga in 2006, but this destination is now defunct.
• The closest airport to Gomel Airport (GME) is Chernihiv Airport (CEJ), which is located 78 miles (125 kilometers) S of GME.
• Gomel Airport (GME) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Gomel Airport (GME) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,046 miles (17,777 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.

Facts about Stavanger-Sola International Airport (SVG):

• Sola has quite a number of technical facilities, and has the largest aviation technical environment in Norway, including the largest helicopter maintenance facilites in Northern-Europe, Braathens had its technical main base at Sola, as does Norwegian Air Shutte, CHC Helikopter Service, Heli-One Norway, Bristow Norway, Norsk Helikopterservice, Norcopter, Pratt & Whitney Norway Engine Centre and the air force's helicopter main technical base.
• Because of Stavanger-Sola International Airport's relatively low elevation of 29 feet, planes can take off or land at Stavanger-Sola International 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 vast complex of civilian technical facilities, heavy investments in simulator centres besides the air forces own facilities makes the Sola AFB ideal for the vital role it is assigned, incorporating the next generation of Search & Rsecue Helicopters.
• On 15 February 2010, Scandinavian Airlines announced that Widerøe would take over their regional routes connecting airports in Western Norway, including the route from Stavanger to Kristiansand.
• Stavanger Airport, Sola is Norway's second oldest airport, opened by King Haakon VII 29 May 1937.
• The furthest airport from Stavanger-Sola International Airport (SVG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,392 miles (18,334 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Stavanger-Sola International Airport handled 4,119,348 passengers last year.
• British Airways predecessors had started operating at Sola after World War II, in 1980 they started regular flights with BAC One-Eleven aircraft to London Heathrow Airport.
• The closest airport to Stavanger-Sola International Airport (SVG) is Haugesund Airport, Karmøy (HAU), which is located 36 miles (57 kilometers) NNW of SVG.
• Stavanger-Sola International Airport (SVG) has 2 runways.
• Det Norske Luftfartsselskap started flying to Sola after the war, as did Braathens SAFE in 1946 on its routes to Europe and the Far East with the Douglas DC-3 aircraft.
• In addition to being known as "Stavanger-Sola International Airport", another name for SVG is "Stavanger lufthavn, Sola".