Nonstop flight route between Haifa, Israel and Bodø, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Haifa Airport (HFA), Haifa, Israel and Bodø Airport (BOO), Bodø, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,524 miles (or 4,061 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 Haifa Airport and Bodø 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 Haifa Airport and Bodø Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Haifa Airport (HFA):

• These expected services never really took off however, and it wasn't until 1996, and the start of Israir flights, that the airport grew.
• The Israel Airports Authority intends to extend the runway to 1,634m by the middle of the 2010s decade.
• Haifa Airport (HFA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport reopened for passenger traffic in 1948 with flights operated by Cyprus Airways.
• The furthest airport from Haifa Airport (HFA) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,620 miles (18,700 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
• The closest airport to Haifa Airport (HFA) is Kiryat Shmona Airport (KSW), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) NE of HFA.
• RAF Haifa was a Royal Air Force station in Palestine between 1942 and 1948.
• In addition to being known as "Haifa Airport", another name for HFA is "נְמַל הַתְּעוּפָה חֵיפָה".
• 2007 saw the first rise in passenger numbers and aircraft movements since 2002 with an increase of 25% in passenger numbers and a 7% increase in aircraft movements over the previous year.
• Because of Haifa Airport's relatively low elevation of 28 feet, planes can take off or land at Haifa 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 2001, talk over expanding the airport restarted when then Finance Minister, Silvan Shalom called for an 800 million NIS upgrade to turn the airport into one of an international standard.

Facts about Bodø Airport (BOO):

• The closest airport to Bodø Airport (BOO) is Værøy Heliport (VRY), which is located 51 miles (82 kilometers) WNW of BOO.
• The furthest airport from Bodø Airport (BOO) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,767 miles (17,328 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The airport was used during the testing of Concorde in June 1975.
• Because of Bodø Airport's relatively low elevation of 43 feet, planes can take off or land at Bodø 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.
• Bodø Airport handled 1,669,191 passengers last year.
• Bodø Airport (BOO) currently has only 1 runway.
• The museum exhibits several military aircraft including a Lockheed U-2, Gloster Gladiator and Supermarine Spitfire.
• In addition to being known as "Bodø Airport", another name for BOO is "Bodø lufthavn".