Nonstop flight route between Goshen, Indiana, United States and Hammerfest, Finnmark, Norway:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Goshen Municipal Airport (GSH), Goshen, Indiana, United States and Hammerfest Airport (HFT), Hammerfest, Finnmark, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,946 miles (or 6,350 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 Goshen Municipal Airport and Hammerfest 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 Goshen Municipal Airport and Hammerfest Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GSH / KGSH |
Airport Name: | Goshen Municipal Airport |
Location: | Goshen, Indiana, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 41°31'35"N by 85°47'39"W |
Area Served: | Goshen, Indiana |
Operator/Owner: | Goshen BOAC |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 827 feet (252 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from GSH |
More Information: | GSH Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HFT / ENHF |
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Location: | Hammerfest, Finnmark, Norway |
GPS Coordinates: | 70°40'46"N by 23°40'6"E |
Area Served: | Hammerfest |
Operator/Owner: | Avinor |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 262 feet (80 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from HFT |
More Information: | HFT Maps & Info |
Facts about Goshen Municipal Airport (GSH):
- Because of Goshen Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 827 feet, planes can take off or land at Goshen Municipal 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 closest airport to Goshen Municipal Airport (GSH) is Elkhart Municipal Airport (EKI), which is located only 17 miles (28 kilometers) NW of GSH.
- The furthest airport from Goshen Municipal Airport (GSH) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,184 miles (18,000 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Goshen Municipal Airport (GSH) has 2 runways.
Facts about Hammerfest Airport (HFT):
- Hammerfest Airport handled 120,503 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Hammerfest Airport", another name for HFT is "Hammerfest lufthavn".
- Because of Hammerfest Airport's relatively low elevation of 262 feet, planes can take off or land at Hammerfest 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 closest airport to Hammerfest Airport (HFT) is Hasvik Airport (HAA), which is located 38 miles (60 kilometers) WSW of HFT.
- The furthest airport from Hammerfest Airport (HFT) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,456 miles (16,828 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Hammerfest was served from 1935 by scheduled seaplanes at a water aerodrome at Rypefjord.
- Widerøe introduced the de Havilland Canada Dash 7 on the route from Tromsø Airport to Hammerfest in 1983, the same year as Norving started flights from Hammerfest to Hasvik Airport.
- Avinor is considering building a new airport at Grøtnes, which would be built as reclaimed land 15 kilometers from Hammerfest.
- The main route at Hammerfest is Widerøe's service to Tromsø, which is operated up to eight times per day using Dash 8-100 aircraft.