Nonstop flight route between Freetown, Sierra Leone and Yekaterinburg, Russia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Hastings Airport (HGS), Freetown, Sierra Leone and Koltsovo Airport (SVX), Yekaterinburg, Russia would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,127 miles (or 8,251 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 Hastings Airport and Koltsovo 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 Hastings Airport and Koltsovo Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | HGS / GFHA |
| Airport Name: | Hastings Airport |
| Location: | Freetown, Sierra Leone |
| GPS Coordinates: | 8°23'39"N by 13°7'41"W |
| Area Served: | Freetown |
| Elevation: | 60 feet (18 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from HGS |
| More Information: | HGS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SVX / USSS |
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| Location: | Yekaterinburg, Russia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 56°44'29"N by 60°48'12"E |
| Area Served: | Yekaterinburg |
| Operator/Owner: | Koltsovo International Airport |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 764 feet (233 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from SVX |
| More Information: | SVX Maps & Info |
Facts about Hastings Airport (HGS):
- Because of Hastings Airport's relatively low elevation of 60 feet, planes can take off or land at Hastings 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 Hastings Airport (HGS) is Lungi International Airport (FNA), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) NNW of HGS.
- The furthest airport from Hastings Airport (HGS) is Ulawa Airport (RNA), which is nearly antipodal to Hastings Airport (meaning Hastings Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ulawa Airport), and is located 12,088 miles (19,454 kilometers) away in Arona, Ulawa Island, Solomon Islands.
- Hastings Airport (HGS) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Koltsovo Airport (SVX):
- Koltsovo Airport (SVX) has 2 runways.
- In 2007, the services of "Koltsovo" benefited 2.35 million passengers.
- The closest airport to Koltsovo Airport (SVX) is Chelyabinsk Airport (CEK), which is located 103 miles (166 kilometers) SSE of SVX.
- The airport was opened in 1928 as a military airbase and became a civilian airport on July 10, 1943.
- Because of Koltsovo Airport's relatively low elevation of 764 feet, planes can take off or land at Koltsovo 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 addition to being known as "Koltsovo Airport", another name for SVX is "Аэропорт Кольцово".
- June 1, 2009 at the airport put into operation a modern runway length of 3025 meters and a new control tower.
- The furthest airport from Koltsovo Airport (SVX) is Teniente Julio Gallardo Airfield (PNT), which is located 10,557 miles (16,990 kilometers) away in Puerto Natales, Chile.
- Koltsovo Airport handled 4,293,002 passengers last year.
