Nonstop flight route between Hickory, North Carolina, United States and Billund, Denmark:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Hickory Regional Airport (HKY), Hickory, North Carolina, United States and Billund Airport (BLL), Billund, Denmark would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,243 miles (or 6,829 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 Hickory Regional Airport and Billund 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 Hickory Regional Airport and Billund Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HKY / KHKY |
Airport Name: | Hickory Regional Airport |
Location: | Hickory, North Carolina, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°44'27"N by 81°23'21"W |
Area Served: | Hickory, North Carolina |
Operator/Owner: | City of Hickory |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1190 feet (363 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from HKY |
More Information: | HKY Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BLL / EKBI |
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Location: | Billund, Denmark |
GPS Coordinates: | 55°44'25"N by 9°9'6"E |
Area Served: | Southern Denmark |
Operator/Owner: | Billund Lufthavn A/S |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 247 feet (75 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BLL |
More Information: | BLL Maps & Info |
Facts about Hickory Regional Airport (HKY):
- Atlantis Airlines was one small airline of this type, offering up to 6 daily direct flights to Charlotte and Atlanta.
- The furthest airport from Hickory Regional Airport (HKY) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,494 miles (18,499 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Riverhawk Aviation, which was the airport's only FBO, voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
- Most recently, in 2005, Delta Connection carrier Atlantic Southeast Airlines operated Bombardier CRJ200 Regional Jets on their direct service to Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, before ceasing this service in the fall of the year.
- Hickory Regional Airport (HKY) has 2 runways.
- On August 2, 1941, Pennsylvania Central Airlines which later became Capital Airlines, brought the first scheduled air-carrier service to Hickory.
- The closest airport to Hickory Regional Airport (HKY) is Foothills Regional Airport (MRN), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) WNW of HKY.
- In the early part of 1969, a new High Intensity Lighting system was installed on runway 6/24 as well as lighting on the parallel taxiway.
- Shortly thereafter, the runway which came to be designated 6/24 was lengthened and both of the existing runways were paved.
Facts about Billund Airport (BLL):
- In addition to being known as "Billund Airport", another name for BLL is "Billund Lufthavn".
- Because of Billund Airport's relatively low elevation of 247 feet, planes can take off or land at Billund 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.
- Billund Airport (BLL) currently has only 1 runway.
- The airport's main runway can handle airliners as large as the aforementioned Boeing 747, although most passengers arrive on smaller aeroplanes, such as ATR-42s, Boeing 737s and Boeing 757s.
- In 1997 they had an architectural competition for a new 430,000 ft² passenger terminal, designed to serve 3.5 million passengers a year, north of the original airport.
- The closest airport to Billund Airport (BLL) is Esbjerg Airport (EBJ), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) WSW of BLL.
- The furthest airport from Billund Airport (BLL) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,576 miles (18,630 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- There are six parking zones named after countries of the world, USA, Australia, Kenya, Spain, Egypt and Greenland.
- From mid-2009, the airport was served by 9 airlines flying regular flight service, whereof KLM had the largest route with over 200,000 annual passengers to Amsterdam Schiphol.