Nonstop flight route between Nordkapp, Finnmark, Norway and Hartley Bay, British Columbia, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Honningsvåg Airport, Valan (HVG), Nordkapp, Finnmark, Norway and Hartley Bay Water Aerodrome (YTB), Hartley Bay, British Columbia, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,753 miles (or 6,041 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 Hartley Bay Water Aerodrome, 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 Hartley Bay Water Aerodrome. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Honningsvåg Airport, Valan (HVG):

• DNL assumed the Finnmark route in 1947, but dropped Honningsvåg from the schedule.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Honningsvåg Airport, Valan (HVG) is Mehamn Airport (MEH), which is located 41 miles (67 kilometers) E of HVG.
• Honningsvåg was served by a seaplane route in the late 1930s, but these never resumed after World War II.
• Widerøe introduced the Dash 8 in 1995 and from 1 January 1997 ownership and operations was taken over by the Civil Aviation Administration.
• Honningsvåg Airport, Valan handled 15,067 passengers last year.
• 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.
• On 29 October 1990 at 14:30 a Twin Otter of the Royal Norwegian Air Force crashed during landing at Honningsvåg Airport.
• Widerøe originally served the airport with twenty-seat Twin Otters, serving Honningsvåg up to six times per day.
• In addition to being known as "Honningsvåg Airport, Valan", another name for HVG is "Honningsvåg lufthavn, Valan".

Facts about Hartley Bay Water Aerodrome (YTB):

• Because of Hartley Bay Water Aerodrome's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Hartley Bay Water Aerodrome 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 Hartley Bay Water Aerodrome (YTB) is Kitkatla Water Aerodrome (YKK), which is located 55 miles (89 kilometers) WNW of YTB.
• The furthest airport from Hartley Bay Water Aerodrome (YTB) is Port Alfred Airport (AFD), which is located 10,633 miles (17,113 kilometers) away in Port Alfred, South Africa.
• In addition to being known as "Hartley Bay Water Aerodrome", another name for YTB is "CAY4".