Nonstop flight route between Hammerfest, Finnmark, Norway and Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Hammerfest Airport (HFT), Hammerfest, Finnmark, Norway and Fayetteville Regional Airport (FAY), Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,226 miles (or 6,801 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 Fayetteville Regional 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 Fayetteville Regional 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):

• Avinor is considering building a new airport at Grøtnes, which would be built as reclaimed land 15 kilometers from Hammerfest.
• 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".
• 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 Widerøe Dash 8-103 aircraft LN-WIK underwent a hard landing on 1 May 2005.
• DNL resumed the Hammerfest route in 1946, connecting the town to Tromsø, Vadsø and Kirkenes with a Junkers Ju 52.
• Hammerfest Airport handled 120,503 passengers last year.
• 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.
• The terminal has a capacity for 250 passengers per hour.
• The helicopter operations were taken over by Norsk Helikpoter when they opened their base on 11 November 2004.Airport security was introduced on 1 January 2005.

Facts about Fayetteville Regional Airport (FAY):

• The terminal features two concourses.
• In 2011, Green Beret Trey Atwater was detained for attempting to board with a smoke grenade that was confiscated.
• Because of Fayetteville Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 189 feet, planes can take off or land at Fayetteville Regional 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.
• Fayetteville Regional Airport (FAY) has 2 runways.
• As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 202,597 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 231,002 enplanements in 2009, and 258,986 in 2010.
• The furthest airport from Fayetteville Regional Airport (FAY) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,638 miles (18,729 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In addition to being known as "Fayetteville Regional Airport", another name for FAY is "Grannis Field".
• The closest airport to Fayetteville Regional Airport (FAY) is Simmons Army Airfield (FBG), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) NNW of FAY.