Nonstop flight route between Haugesund / Karmøy, Norway and Qaisumah, Hafar Al-Batin, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Haugesund Airport, Karmøy (HAU), Haugesund / Karmøy, Norway and Qaisumah Domestic Airport (AQI), Qaisumah, Hafar Al-Batin, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,876 miles (or 4,629 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 Haugesund Airport, Karmøy and Qaisumah Domestic 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 Haugesund Airport, Karmøy and Qaisumah Domestic Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Haugesund Airport, Karmøy (HAU):

• Because of Haugesund Airport, Karmøy's relatively low elevation of 87 feet, planes can take off or land at Haugesund Airport, Karmøy 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 runway was extended by 400 meters in November 2003 from 1600 to 2000 meters.
• Haugesund Airport, Karmøy handled 701,326 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Haugesund Airport, Karmøy (HAU) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,361 miles (18,284 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Haugesund Airport, Karmøy (HAU) is Stord Airport, Sørstokken (SRP), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) N of HAU.
• Haugesund Airport, Karmøy (HAU) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Haugesund Airport, Karmøy", another name for HAU is "Haugesund lufthavn, Karmøy".
• One short-term parking lot and three long-term parking lots are located to the north and east of the terminal.
• The airport opened in 1975.

Facts about Qaisumah Domestic Airport (AQI):

• The airport began in 1962 as a dusty runway for a Dakota aircraft which was used at that time for transporting Saudi Aramco employees between stations in the northern region.
• The furthest airport from Qaisumah Domestic Airport (AQI) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is nearly antipodal to Qaisumah Domestic Airport (meaning Qaisumah Domestic Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Totegegie Airport), and is located 12,069 miles (19,423 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
• Qaisumah Domestic Airport (AQI) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Qaisumah Domestic Airport", another name for AQI is "مطار القيصومة المحلي".
• The closest airport to Qaisumah Domestic Airport (AQI) is Kuwait International Airport (KWI), which is located 128 miles (206 kilometers) ENE of AQI.