Nonstop flight route between Harare, Zimbabwe and Stord, Hordaland, Norway:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from HRE to SRP:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- HRE Airport Information
- SRP Airport Information
- Facts about HRE
- Facts about SRP
- Map of Nearest Airports to HRE
- List of Nearest Airports to HRE
- Map of Furthest Airports from HRE
- List of Furthest Airports from HRE
- Map of Nearest Airports to SRP
- List of Nearest Airports to SRP
- Map of Furthest Airports from SRP
- List of Furthest Airports from SRP
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Harare International Airport (HRE), Harare, Zimbabwe and Stord Airport, Sørstokken (SRP), Stord, Hordaland, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,562 miles (or 8,951 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 Harare International Airport and Stord Airport, Sørstokken, 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 Harare International Airport and Stord Airport, Sørstokken. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HRE / FVHA |
Airport Name: | Harare International Airport |
Location: | Harare, Zimbabwe |
GPS Coordinates: | 17°55'54"S by 31°5'34"E |
Area Served: | Harare |
Operator/Owner: | Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe |
Airport Type: | Joint (Civil and Military) |
Elevation: | 4887 feet (1,490 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from HRE |
More Information: | HRE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SRP / ENSA |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Stord, Hordaland, Norway |
GPS Coordinates: | 59°47'34"N by 5°20'22"E |
Area Served: | Stord, Hordaland, Norway |
Operator/Owner: | Stord Municipality Hordaland County Municipality |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 161 feet (49 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SRP |
More Information: | SRP Maps & Info |
Facts about Harare International Airport (HRE):
- Because of Harare International Airport's high elevation of 4,887 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at HRE. Combined with a high temperature, this could make HRE a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- A site therefore had to be found for the construction of an airport that would be safer and more suitable for commercial activities.
- Also in 1949 the Minister of Mines and Transport set up an Airport Panel to co-ordinate the construction of the airport.
- The furthest airport from Harare International Airport (HRE) is Hilo International Airport (ITO), which is nearly antipodal to Harare International Airport (meaning Harare International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hilo International Airport), and is located 12,017 miles (19,339 kilometers) away in Hilo, Hawaii, United States.
- The runway is used by both the civilian airport and the Air Force of Zimbabwe whose base is on the southern side of the runway.
- Harare International Airport handled 612,208 passengers last year.
- Harare International Airport (HRE) currently has only 1 runway.
- In 1949 the government purchased Kentucky and Adair farms east of Salisbury for the construction of the new airport.
- The closest airport to Harare International Airport (HRE) is Mutare Airport (UTA), which is located 125 miles (201 kilometers) SE of HRE.
Facts about Stord Airport, Sørstokken (SRP):
- In 1995, the airport was discussed in the Parliament of Norway's Standing Committee on Transport and Communications.
- Stord Airport, Sørstokken (SRP) currently has only 1 runway.
- A new airport committee was established in March 1983, which had representatives from the large industrial companies and the municipalities of Stord, Bømlo and Fitjar.
- Stord Airport, Sørstokken handled 30,711 passengers last year.
- In February 1988, Coast Aero Center filed for bankruptcy.
- A new report was published in 1981, which recommended that the airport be located at Meatjørn or Storavatnet.
- When the airport opened, it had not yet had its landing fees approved of by the authorities, and use of the airport was at first free.
- The furthest airport from Stord Airport, Sørstokken (SRP) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,330 miles (18,234 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Stord Airport, Sørstokken (SRP) is Haugesund Airport, Karmøy (HAU), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) S of SRP.
- Because of Stord Airport, Sørstokken's relatively low elevation of 161 feet, planes can take off or land at Stord Airport, Sørstokken 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.
- During construction, companies announced interest in using the airport.
- In addition to being known as "Stord Airport, Sørstokken", other names for SRP include "Stord lufthavn, Sørstokken" and "ENSO".