Nonstop flight route between Hugo, Oklahoma, United States and Båtsfjord, Finnmark, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Stan Stamper Municipal Airport (HUJ), Hugo, Oklahoma, United States and Båtsfjord Airport (BJF), Båtsfjord, Finnmark, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,722 miles (or 7,599 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 Stan Stamper Municipal Airport and Båtsfjord 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 Stan Stamper Municipal Airport and Båtsfjord Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Stan Stamper Municipal Airport (HUJ):

• Stan Stamper Municipal Airport (HUJ) currently has only 1 runway.
• Stan Stamper Municipal Airport covers an area of 167 acres at an elevation of 572 feet above mean sea level.
• The closest airport to Stan Stamper Municipal Airport (HUJ) is Antlers Municipal Airport (ATE), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) NNW of HUJ.
• The furthest airport from Stan Stamper Municipal Airport (HUJ) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,811 miles (17,398 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• In addition to being known as "Stan Stamper Municipal Airport", another name for HUJ is "HHW".
• Because of Stan Stamper Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 572 feet, planes can take off or land at Stan Stamper Municipal 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.
• Stan Stamper Municipal Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles northwest of the central business district of Hugo, a city in Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States.

Facts about Båtsfjord Airport (BJF):

• The first airline to operate to Båtsfjord was Varangfly, later renamed Norving, who flew seaplane taxi and ambulance flights in the early 1960s.
• The terminal consists of a single building, with an integrated control tower, capable of handling 120 passengers per hour.
• The furthest airport from Båtsfjord Airport (BJF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,381 miles (16,706 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Båtsfjord Airport's relatively low elevation of 490 feet, planes can take off or land at Båtsfjord 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.
• It is the second airport in Båtsfjord.
• All services from the airport are operated by Widerøe with 39-seat Dash-8-100 aircraft.
• The closest airport to Båtsfjord Airport (BJF) is Berlevåg Airport (BVG), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) NW of BJF.
• Båtsfjord Airport handled 16,842 passengers last year.
• The Ministry of Transport and Communications announced in February 1993 that they were considering taking over ownership and operations of the airport through the Civil Aviation Administration.
• In addition to being known as "Båtsfjord Airport", another name for BJF is "Båtsfjord lufthavn".