Nonstop flight route between Helsinki / Vantaa, Finland and Hermiston, Oregon, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Helsinki Airport (HEL), Helsinki / Vantaa, Finland and Hermiston Municipal Airport (HES), Hermiston, Oregon, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,832 miles (or 7,776 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 Helsinki Airport and Hermiston Municipal 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 Helsinki Airport and Hermiston Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Helsinki Airport (HEL):

• The furthest airport from Helsinki Airport (HEL) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,992 miles (17,689 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Helsinki Airport handled 15,279,043 passengers last year.
• Originally built for the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, the airport served 15,279,043 passengers in 2013 and it is the fourth largest airport in the Nordic countries.
• Helsinki Airport (HEL) has 3 runways.
• The following handling agents provide ground handling services for airlines:Airpro, Inter Handling, ISS Aviation, Servisair, Groundpower, Swissport.
• The closest airport to Helsinki Airport (HEL) is Helsinki-Malmi Airport (HEM), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) SSE of HEL.
• Because of Helsinki Airport's relatively low elevation of 179 feet, planes can take off or land at Helsinki 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.
• In addition to being known as "Helsinki Airport", another name for HEL is "Helsinki-Vantaan lentoasemaHelsingfors-Vanda flygplats".
• Coach connections, daytime and overnight, to all parts of Finland are provided by Matkahuolto and ExpressBus.
• The airport's three runways provide a platform for future growth while the airport can accommodate wide-body aircraft such as the Airbus A340.

Facts about Hermiston Municipal Airport (HES):

• Hermiston Municipal Airport (HES) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Hermiston Municipal Airport (HES) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,810 miles (17,396 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• In addition to being known as "Hermiston Municipal Airport", another name for HES is "HRI".
• The closest airport to Hermiston Municipal Airport (HES) is Eastern Oregon Regional Airport (PDT), which is located 22 miles (36 kilometers) ESE of HES.
• Hermiston Municipal Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles southeast of the central business district of Hermiston, in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States.
• Because of Hermiston Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 644 feet, planes can take off or land at Hermiston 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.