Nonstop flight route between Goba, Ethiopia and Andenes, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Robe Airport (GOB), Goba, Ethiopia and Andøya Airport, Andenes (ANX), Andenes, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,429 miles (or 7,128 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 Robe Airport and Andøya Airport, Andenes, 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 Robe Airport and Andøya Airport, Andenes. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Robe Airport (GOB):

• The closest airport to Robe Airport (GOB) is Ghinnir Airport (GNN), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) E of GOB.
• The furthest airport from Robe Airport (GOB) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is nearly antipodal to Robe Airport (meaning Robe Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Atuona Airport), and is located 12,243 miles (19,703 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
• Because of Robe Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Robe 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.

Facts about Andøya Airport, Andenes (ANX):

• It soon proved difficult to provide sufficient patronage to keep operations profitable.
• Because of Andøya Airport, Andenes's relatively low elevation of 43 feet, planes can take off or land at Andøya Airport, Andenes 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.
• All four people on board were killed when a private Cessna 172 crashed west of the airport just after take-off on 31 July 1988.
• The airport is located at an elevation of 13 meters.
• The closest airport to Andøya Airport, Andenes (ANX) is Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen (SKN), which is located 56 miles (91 kilometers) SSW of ANX.
• The furthest airport from Andøya Airport, Andenes (ANX) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,620 miles (17,092 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Parliament decided in 1982 that Andenes would be the base for operating helicopters offshore to oil installations off Troms.
• From 1 April 2003 Norwegian Air Shuttle took over the route from Andenes to Bodø and Tromsø.
• Andøya Airport, Andenes (ANX) currently has only 1 runway.
• Andøya Airport, Andenes handled 48,254 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Andøya Airport, Andenes", another name for ANX is "Andøya lufthavn, Andenes".