Nonstop flight route between Helsinki / Vantaa, Finland and Montague, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Helsinki Airport (HEL), Helsinki / Vantaa, Finland and Siskiyou County Airport (SIY), Montague, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,146 miles (or 8,281 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 Siskiyou County 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 Siskiyou County Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Helsinki Airport (HEL):

• The construction of the Ring Rail Line rail link to the airport was started in May 2009, with an opening for traffic projected for mid-2015.
• In addition to being known as "Helsinki Airport", another name for HEL is "Helsinki-Vantaan lentoasemaHelsingfors-Vanda flygplats".
• 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.
• Coach connections, daytime and overnight, to all parts of Finland are provided by Matkahuolto and ExpressBus.
• The Aviapolis is a new international business park adjacent to the Helsinki airport area, already hosting the operations of numerous companies around the airport.
• Helsinki Airport handled 15,279,043 passengers last year.
• 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.
• Helsinki Airport (HEL) has 3 runways.
• In 2013 Finavia announced plans to expand the airport to serve up to 20 million passenger by 2020.

Facts about Siskiyou County Airport (SIY):

• Siskiyou County Airport is a public airport located three miles northeast of Montague, serving Siskiyou County, California, United States.
• The closest airport to Siskiyou County Airport (SIY) is Montague Airport-Yreka Rohrer Field (RKC), which is located only 5 miles (9 kilometers) SW of SIY.
• The furthest airport from Siskiyou County Airport (SIY) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,131 miles (17,914 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• By 15 January 1964, these squadrons were replaced by the 82d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron from Travis AFB.
• On 15 October that year, Chico AAF transferred jurisdiction of the Siskiyou County Airport to the Air Technical Service Command.
• On 13 September 1962 representatives from the United States Air Force Air Defense Command met with the Siskiyou County, Board of Supervisors.
• Siskiyou County Airport (SIY) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Siskiyou County Airport", other names for SIY include "Siskiyou County Air Force Auxiliary Airfield" and "Siskiyou County Army Air Field".
• The United States Army Air Forces first leased the Siskiyou County Airport on 18 November 1942.