Nonstop flight route between Hamar, Norway and Alpe d'Huez, France:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from HMR to AHZ:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- HMR Airport Information
- AHZ Airport Information
- Facts about HMR
- Facts about AHZ
- Map of Nearest Airports to HMR
- List of Nearest Airports to HMR
- Map of Furthest Airports from HMR
- List of Furthest Airports from HMR
- Map of Nearest Airports to AHZ
- List of Nearest Airports to AHZ
- Map of Furthest Airports from AHZ
- List of Furthest Airports from AHZ
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Hamar Airport, Stafsberg (HMR), Hamar, Norway and Alpe d'Huez Airport (AHZ), Alpe d'Huez, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,106 miles (or 1,779 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 relatively short distance between Hamar Airport, Stafsberg and Alpe d'Huez Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | HMR / ENHA |
| Airport Names: |
|
| Location: | Hamar, Norway |
| GPS Coordinates: | 60°49'5"N by 11°4'5"E |
| Operator/Owner: | Hamar Municipality |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 713 feet (217 meters) |
| View all routes: | Routes from HMR |
| More Information: | HMR Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | AHZ / LFHU |
| Airport Names: |
|
| Location: | Alpe d'Huez, France |
| GPS Coordinates: | 45°5'16"N by 6°5'5"E |
| Area Served: | Alpe d'Huez, Rhône-Alpes, France |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 6037 feet (1,840 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from AHZ |
| More Information: | AHZ Maps & Info |
Facts about Hamar Airport, Stafsberg (HMR):
- Because of Hamar Airport, Stafsberg's relatively low elevation of 713 feet, planes can take off or land at Hamar Airport, Stafsberg 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 Hamar Airport, Stafsberg (HMR) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,221 miles (18,059 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The municipality took initiative to cover the costs to upgrade Stafsberg to allow scheduled services in 1985.
- Braathens SAFE started flying scheduled services to Hamar from 16 May 1956, using de Havilland Herons.
- In addition to being known as "Hamar Airport, Stafsberg", another name for HMR is "Hamar flyplass, Stafsberg".
- The airport was built as a joint project between Hamar Municipality and the Royal Norwegian Air Force.
- The closest airport to Hamar Airport, Stafsberg (HMR) is Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL), which is located 43 miles (68 kilometers) S of HMR.
- During the early 1980s the government was considering building an regional short take-off and landing airport in the Mjøsa area.
- Construction commenced immediately and took less than four months.
Facts about Alpe d'Huez Airport (AHZ):
- The furthest airport from Alpe d'Huez Airport (AHZ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Alpe d'Huez Airport (meaning Alpe d'Huez Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,283 miles (19,768 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Because of Alpe d'Huez Airport's high elevation of 6,037 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at AHZ. Combined with a high temperature, this could make AHZ a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- In addition to being known as "Alpe d'Huez Airport", another name for AHZ is "L'altiport de l'Alpe d'Huez".
- Alpe d'Huez Airport (AHZ) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Alpe d'Huez Airport (AHZ) is Méribel Airport (MFX), which is located 33 miles (52 kilometers) NE of AHZ.
