Nonstop flight route between Hasvik, Norway and Herat, Afghanistan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Hasvik Airport (HAA), Hasvik, Norway and Herat International Airport (HEA), Herat, Afghanistan would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,913 miles (or 4,688 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 Hasvik Airport and Herat International 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 Hasvik Airport and Herat International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Hasvik Airport (HAA):

• In addition to being known as "Hasvik Airport", another name for HAA is "Hasvik lufthavn".
• The closest airport to Hasvik Airport (HAA) is Hammerfest Airport (HFT), which is located 38 miles (60 kilometers) ENE of HAA.
• The airport is served by Widerøe, who operates flights based on a public service obligation contract with the Ministry of Transport and Communications.
• The first aircraft in Hasvik was an emergency landing carried out en route to Svalbard in the early 1970s.
• The initial airport consisted of a 421-meter gravel runway and a spartan terminal consisting of no more than a shack.
• The furthest airport from Hasvik Airport (HAA) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,486 miles (16,875 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Hasvik Airport handled 7,995 passengers last year.
• Because of Hasvik Airport's relatively low elevation of 23 feet, planes can take off or land at Hasvik 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.
• Planning started in 1972 for an airport to serve air taxi and air ambulance services.

Facts about Herat International Airport (HEA):

• ISAF use has continued since 2005, joined by the Afghan National Army Air Corps, now Afghan Air Force, and the Afghan National Police.
• In addition to being known as "Herat International Airport", other names for HEA include "Herat Airport (Herat)" and "Persian: میدان هوایی بین المللی هرات‎".
• The furthest airport from Herat International Airport (HEA) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,742 miles (18,897 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• Herat International Airport (HEA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Herat International Airport (HEA) is Qala i Naw Airport د قلعه نوهوائی ډګر (LQN), which is located 74 miles (119 kilometers) NE of HEA.