Nonstop flight route between Hiroshima, Honshū, Japan and Rørvik, Norway:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Hiroshima Airport (HIJ), Hiroshima, Honshū, Japan and Rørvik Airport, Ryum (RVK), Rørvik, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,899 miles (or 7,884 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 Hiroshima Airport and Rørvik Airport, Ryum, 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 Hiroshima Airport and Rørvik Airport, Ryum. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HIJ / RJOA |
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Location: | Hiroshima, Honshū, Japan |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°26'9"N by 132°55'9"E |
Operator/Owner: | Hiroshima Prefectural Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1086 feet (331 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from HIJ |
More Information: | HIJ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | RVK / ENRM |
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Location: | Rørvik, Norway |
GPS Coordinates: | 64°50'17"N by 11°8'45"E |
Area Served: | Rørvik, Norway |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 15 feet (5 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from RVK |
More Information: | RVK Maps & Info |
Facts about Hiroshima Airport (HIJ):
- New Hiroshima Airport opened for public use in 1993 as a replacement for Hiroshima Airport, which was renamed Hiroshima-Nishi Airport.
- The furthest airport from Hiroshima Airport (HIJ) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is nearly antipodal to Hiroshima Airport (meaning Hiroshima Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Rio Grande Regional Airport), and is located 12,101 miles (19,475 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
- In addition to being known as "Hiroshima Airport", other names for HIJ include "広島空港" and "Hiroshima Kūkō".
- The closest airport to Hiroshima Airport (HIJ) is Matsuyama Airport (MYJ), which is located 44 miles (71 kilometers) SSW of HIJ.
- 80% of the airport's domestic traffic is to and from Haneda Airport in Tokyo.
- The airport has no direct expressway connection but is located near the San'yō Expressway.
- Hiroshima Airport (HIJ) currently has only 1 runway.
- Hiroshima has one terminal with separated departures and arrivals facilities for domestic and international flights and seven lettered gates.
Facts about Rørvik Airport, Ryum (RVK):
- Because of Rørvik Airport, Ryum's relatively low elevation of 15 feet, planes can take off or land at Rørvik Airport, Ryum 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 furthest airport from Rørvik Airport, Ryum (RVK) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,954 miles (17,629 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Rørvik Airport, Ryum handled 27,418 passengers last year.
- The airport was estimated to cost NOK 15 to 16 million, but the lowest tender was between NOK 10 and 11 million.
- In addition to being known as "Rørvik Airport, Ryum", another name for RVK is "Rørvik lufthavn, Ryum".
- Norving announced on 10 December 1987 that they would terminate all operations outside Finnmark.
- From 1996, Ryum and 25 other regional airports were taken over by the state and the Civil Aviation Administration.
- The closest airport to Rørvik Airport, Ryum (RVK) is Namsos Airport (OSY), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) SSE of RVK.
- On 2 September 2003, a Cessna aircraft overshot the runway and landed in the sea after an emergency landing caused by loss of power immediately after take-off.