Nonstop flight route between Nordkapp, Finnmark, Norway and Benin City, Nigeria:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Honningsvåg Airport, Valan (HVG), Nordkapp, Finnmark, Norway and Benin Airport (BNI), Benin City, Nigeria would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,558 miles (or 7,335 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 Honningsvåg Airport, Valan and Benin 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 Honningsvåg Airport, Valan and Benin Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HVG / ENHV |
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Location: | Nordkapp, Finnmark, Norway |
GPS Coordinates: | 71°0'34"N by 25°59'0"E |
Area Served: | Honningsvåg |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 46 feet (14 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from HVG |
More Information: | HVG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BNI / DNBE |
Airport Name: | Benin Airport |
Location: | Benin City, Nigeria |
GPS Coordinates: | 6°19'0"N by 5°35'57"E |
Area Served: | Benin City, Nigeria |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 258 feet (79 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BNI |
More Information: | BNI Maps & Info |
Facts about Honningsvåg Airport, Valan (HVG):
- In addition to being known as "Honningsvåg Airport, Valan", another name for HVG is "Honningsvåg lufthavn, Valan".
- The first flight in Nordkapp took place during the summer of 1926, when a German cruise ship SS Oceania used its on-board Junkers F-13 seaplane to fly tourists sightseeing.
- Honningsvåg is served by Widerøe, which operates 39-seat Dash 8-100 aircraft to other communities in Finnmark and to Tromsø.
- Because of Honningsvåg Airport, Valan's relatively low elevation of 46 feet, planes can take off or land at Honningsvåg Airport, Valan 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 closest airport to Honningsvåg Airport, Valan (HVG) is Mehamn Airport (MEH), which is located 41 miles (67 kilometers) E of HVG.
- On 29 October 1990 at 14:30 a Twin Otter of the Royal Norwegian Air Force crashed during landing at Honningsvåg Airport.
- The furthest airport from Honningsvåg Airport, Valan (HVG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,409 miles (16,751 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Honningsvåg Airport, Valan handled 15,067 passengers last year.
Facts about Benin Airport (BNI):
- Benin Airport handled 308,741 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Benin Airport (BNI) is Akure Airport (AKR), which is located 67 miles (109 kilometers) NNW of BNI.
- Benin Airport (BNI) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Benin Airport's relatively low elevation of 258 feet, planes can take off or land at Benin 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.
- The furthest airport from Benin Airport (BNI) is Canton Island Airport (CIS), which is nearly antipodal to Benin Airport (meaning Benin Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Canton Island Airport), and is located 12,129 miles (19,520 kilometers) away in Canton Island, Kiribati.