Nonstop flight route between Hotan, Xinjiang, China and Rørvik, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Hotan Airport (HTN), Hotan, Xinjiang, China and Rørvik Airport, Ryum (RVK), Rørvik, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,321 miles (or 5,344 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 Hotan 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 Hotan Airport and Rørvik Airport, Ryum. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Hotan Airport (HTN):

• In addition to being known as "Hotan Airport", other names for HTN include "和田机场" and "Hétián Jīchǎng".
• The furthest airport from Hotan Airport (HTN) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,566 miles (18,613 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• Because of Hotan Airport's high elevation of 4,672 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at HTN. Combined with a high temperature, this could make HTN a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Hotan Airport (HTN) is Kushok Bakula Rimpochhe Airport (IXL), which is located 239 miles (385 kilometers) SSW of HTN.
• Hotan Airport (HTN) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Rørvik Airport, Ryum (RVK):

• The airport is located at Ryumsjøen in Vikna, 6 kilometers south of Rørvik.
• The closest airport to Rørvik Airport, Ryum (RVK) is Namsos Airport (OSY), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) SSE of RVK.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Rørvik Airport, Ryum", another name for RVK is "Rørvik lufthavn, Ryum".
• From 1996, Ryum and 25 other regional airports were taken over by the state and the Civil Aviation Administration.
• 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.
• Rørvik Airport, Ryum handled 27,418 passengers last year.
• The airfield's elevation is 15 meters above mean sea level and it has a 950-by-30-meter runway aligned 04–22.
• Rørvik Airport is served by Widerøe with Dash 8-100 aircraft.