Nonstop flight route between Hammerfest, Finnmark, Norway and John Day, Oregon, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Hammerfest Airport (HFT), Hammerfest, Finnmark, Norway and Grant County Regional Airport (GCRA) (JDA), John Day, Oregon, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,271 miles (or 6,873 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 Grant County Regional Airport (GCRA), 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 Grant County Regional Airport (GCRA). You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HFT / ENHF |
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Location: | Hammerfest, Finnmark, Norway |
GPS Coordinates: | 70°40'46"N by 23°40'6"E |
Area Served: | Hammerfest |
Operator/Owner: | Avinor |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 262 feet (80 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from HFT |
More Information: | HFT Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | JDA / KGCD |
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Location: | John Day, Oregon, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 44°24'10"N by 118°58'4"W |
Area Served: | John Day, Oregon |
Operator/Owner: | Grant County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 3703 feet (1,129 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from JDA |
More Information: | JDA Maps & Info |
Facts about Hammerfest Airport (HFT):
- The closest airport to Hammerfest Airport (HFT) is Hasvik Airport (HAA), which is located 38 miles (60 kilometers) WSW of HFT.
- 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.
- Widerøe introduced the de Havilland Canada Dash 7 on the route from Tromsø Airport to Hammerfest in 1983, the same year as Norving started flights from Hammerfest to Hasvik Airport.
- 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.
- In addition to being known as "Hammerfest Airport", another name for HFT is "Hammerfest lufthavn".
Facts about Grant County Regional Airport (GCRA) (JDA):
- In addition to being known as "Grant County Regional Airport (GCRA)", other names for JDA include "Ogilvie Field" and "GCD".
- Grant County Regional Airport (GCRA) (JDA) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Grant County Regional Airport (GCRA) (JDA) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,883 miles (17,515 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- The closest airport to Grant County Regional Airport (GCRA) (JDA) is Burns Municipal Airport (BNO), which is located 56 miles (90 kilometers) S of JDA.