Nonstop flight route between Helsinki / Vantaa, Finland and Gorom Gorom, Burkina Faso:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Helsinki Airport (HEL), Helsinki / Vantaa, Finland and Gorom Gorom Airport (XGG), Gorom Gorom, Burkina Faso would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,413 miles (or 5,493 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 Gorom Gorom 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 Gorom Gorom Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HEL / EFHK |
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Location: | Helsinki / Vantaa, Finland |
GPS Coordinates: | 60°19'1"N by 24°57'47"E |
Area Served: | Helsinki, Finland |
Operator/Owner: | Finavia |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 179 feet (55 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from HEL |
More Information: | HEL Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | XGG / DFEG |
Airport Name: | Gorom Gorom Airport |
Location: | Gorom Gorom, Burkina Faso |
GPS Coordinates: | 14°27'19"N by 0°13'3"W |
Area Served: | Gorom Gorom |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 935 feet (285 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from XGG |
More Information: | XGG Maps & Info |
Facts about Helsinki Airport (HEL):
- Finnair's head office is located in Tietotie 11 on the grounds of Helsinki Airport.
- 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.
- The airport is nominally divided into 2 terminals, located 250 metres apart and linked by an internal pedestrian connection both airside and landside.
- Helsinki Airport (HEL) has 3 runways.
- Helsinki Airport handled 15,279,043 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Helsinki Airport", another name for HEL is "Helsinki-Vantaan lentoasemaHelsingfors-Vanda flygplats".
- 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 2013 Finavia announced plans to expand the airport to serve up to 20 million passenger by 2020.
- The airport is operated by Finavia, the state-owned enterprise that operates Finland's airports.
- The closest airport to Helsinki Airport (HEL) is Helsinki-Malmi Airport (HEM), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) SSE of 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.
Facts about Gorom Gorom Airport (XGG):
- The furthest airport from Gorom Gorom Airport (XGG) is Labasa Airport (LBS), which is nearly antipodal to Gorom Gorom Airport (meaning Gorom Gorom Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Labasa Airport), and is located 12,295 miles (19,786 kilometers) away in Labasa, Fiji.
- Because of Gorom Gorom Airport's relatively low elevation of 935 feet, planes can take off or land at Gorom Gorom 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.
- Gorom Gorom Airport (XGG) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Gorom Gorom Airport (XGG) is Tambao Airport (TMQ), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) NE of XGG.