Nonstop flight route between Hammerfest, Finnmark, Norway and Nashville, Tennessee, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Hammerfest Airport (HFT), Hammerfest, Finnmark, Norway and Nashville International Airport (BNA), Nashville, Tennessee, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,311 miles (or 6,938 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 Hammerfest Airport and Nashville International 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 Hammerfest Airport and Nashville International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Hammerfest Airport (HFT):

• Forty-two percent of the airport's traffic is generated from routes to Oslo and abroad, while twenty-nine percent is to Tromsø.
• Because of Hammerfest Airport's relatively low elevation of 262 feet, planes can take off or land at Hammerfest 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.
• The closest airport to Hammerfest Airport (HFT) is Hasvik Airport (HAA), which is located 38 miles (60 kilometers) WSW of HFT.
• In addition to being known as "Hammerfest Airport", another name for HFT is "Hammerfest lufthavn".
• Hammerfest Airport handled 120,503 passengers last year.
• Hammerfest Airport is a regional airport at Prærien in Hammerfest, Norway.
• The mid-1960s saw several proposals for regional airports in Finnmark.
• DNL resumed the Hammerfest route in 1946, connecting the town to Tromsø, Vadsø and Kirkenes with a Junkers Ju 52.
• Hammerfest was served from 1935 by scheduled seaplanes at a water aerodrome at Rypefjord.
• The furthest airport from Hammerfest Airport (HFT) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,456 miles (16,828 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Avinor's proposal for National Transport Plan 2014–2023 discards building an airport at Grøtnes.

Facts about Nashville International Airport (BNA):

• The closest airport to Nashville International Airport (BNA) is Smyrna Airport (MQY), which is located only 12 miles (20 kilometers) SE of BNA.
• The airport terminal complex includes an over 1,000,000-square-foot passenger terminal with 47 air carrier gates and up to 78 commuter parking positions.
• Concourse D was constructed as a ground level commuter terminal for American Eagle with 15 ground level commuter aircraft parking spots and gate facilities.
• The airport had been enlarged by the military during World War II, but in 1958 the City Aviation Department, started planning to expand and modernize the airport.
• Nashville International Airport (BNA) has 4 runways.
• The furthest airport from Nashville International Airport (BNA) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,198 miles (18,021 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Nashville International Airport's relatively low elevation of 599 feet, planes can take off or land at Nashville International 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.
• The terminal is served by Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority bus route 18, which provides express and local service between the airport's passenger facilities and the Music City Central bus terminal in Nashville's central business district.
• Even with Nashville no longer being a hub for a major airline, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, the number of passengers using the airport is expected to double within the next 20 years.