Nonstop flight route between Hammerfest, Finnmark, Norway and Xangongo, Angola:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Hammerfest Airport (HFT), Hammerfest, Finnmark, Norway and Vila Roçadas/Xangongo Airport (XGN), Xangongo, Angola would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,056 miles (or 9,746 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 Vila Roçadas/Xangongo 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 Vila Roçadas/Xangongo Airport. 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: | XGN / FNXA |
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| Location: | Xangongo, Angola |
| GPS Coordinates: | 16°45'19"S by 14°57'53"E |
| Area Served: | Xangongo |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 3635 feet (1,108 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from XGN |
| More Information: | XGN Maps & Info |
Facts about Hammerfest Airport (HFT):
- In addition to being known as "Hammerfest Airport", another name for HFT is "Hammerfest lufthavn".
- The closest airport to Hammerfest Airport (HFT) is Hasvik Airport (HAA), which is located 38 miles (60 kilometers) WSW of HFT.
- Avinor's proposal for National Transport Plan 2014–2023 discards building an airport at Grøtnes.
- The main route at Hammerfest is Widerøe's service to Tromsø, which is operated up to eight times per day using Dash 8-100 aircraft.
- 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 terminal has a capacity for 250 passengers per hour.
- The first plans for serving Hammerfest with an airline route was launched in a government plan from 1933.
- 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.
- Hammerfest Airport handled 120,503 passengers last year.
- The mid-1960s saw several proposals for regional airports in Finnmark.
Facts about Vila Roçadas/Xangongo Airport (XGN):
- The furthest airport from Vila Roçadas/Xangongo Airport (XGN) is Johnston Atoll Airport (JON), which is nearly antipodal to Vila Roçadas/Xangongo Airport (meaning Vila Roçadas/Xangongo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Johnston Atoll Airport), and is located 12,139 miles (19,536 kilometers) away in Johnston Atoll, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands.
- In addition to being known as "Vila Roçadas/Xangongo Airport", another name for XGN is "Vila Roçadas/Xangongo Airport (Xangongo)".
- The closest airport to Vila Roçadas/Xangongo Airport (XGN) is Lubango Mukanka Airport (SDD), which is located 156 miles (252 kilometers) NW of XGN.
- Vila Roçadas/Xangongo Airport (XGN) currently has only 1 runway.
