Nonstop flight route between Ibadan, Nigeria and Værøy, Nordland, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ibadan Airport (IBA), Ibadan, Nigeria and Værøy Heliport (VRY), Værøy, Nordland, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,186 miles (or 6,736 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 Ibadan Airport and Værøy Heliport, 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 Ibadan Airport and Værøy Heliport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Ibadan Airport (IBA):

• The furthest airport from Ibadan Airport (IBA) is Funafuti International Airport (FUN), which is nearly antipodal to Ibadan Airport (meaning Ibadan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Funafuti International Airport), and is located 12,100 miles (19,473 kilometers) away in Funafuti, Tuvalu.
• Because of Ibadan Airport's relatively low elevation of 725 feet, planes can take off or land at Ibadan 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 closest airport to Ibadan Airport (IBA) is Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS), which is located 71 miles (113 kilometers) SW of IBA.
• Ibadan Airport (IBA) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Værøy Heliport (VRY):

• One of the helicopters was bought by Widerøe in December 1976 and the operations were subcontracted to Offshore Helicopters.
• Lufttransport won the tender valid from 1 August 2005, winning ahead of CHC with a bid of NOK 56 million.
• The closest airport to Værøy Heliport (VRY) is Røst Airport (RET), which is located only 19 miles (30 kilometers) WSW of VRY.
• Værøy Heliport handled 10,210 passengers last year.
• The airport was closed immediately after the accident.
• The furthest airport from Værøy Heliport (VRY) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 10,759 miles (17,314 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• On 19 January 1989, a Widerøe Twin Otter became uncontrollable due to turbulence during final approach to Værøy.
• In addition to being known as "Værøy Heliport", another name for VRY is "Værøy helikopterhavn".
• Because of Værøy Heliport's relatively low elevation of 15 feet, planes can take off or land at Værøy Heliport 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.