Nonstop flight route between La Cumbre, Córdoba, Argentina and Narvik, Nordland, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between La Cumbre Airport (LCM), La Cumbre, Córdoba, Argentina and Narvik Airport, Framnes (NVK), Narvik, Nordland, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,999 miles (or 12,873 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 La Cumbre Airport and Narvik Airport, Framnes, 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 La Cumbre Airport and Narvik Airport, Framnes. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about La Cumbre Airport (LCM):

• In addition to being known as "La Cumbre Airport", other names for LCM include "La Cumbre Airport (La Cumbre)" and "Aeropuerto La Cumbre".
• The closest airport to La Cumbre Airport (LCM) is Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport (COR), which is located 28 miles (46 kilometers) SE of LCM.
• La Cumbre Airport (LCM) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from La Cumbre Airport (LCM) is Wuhan Tianhe International Airport (WUH), which is nearly antipodal to La Cumbre Airport (meaning La Cumbre Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Wuhan Tianhe International Airport), and is located 12,361 miles (19,892 kilometers) away in Wuhan, Hubei, China.

Facts about Narvik Airport, Framnes (NVK):

• The runway is 965 meters and aligned 01–19, roughly north–south.
• The furthest airport from Narvik Airport, Framnes (NVK) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,664 miles (17,161 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Widerøe replaced their older aircraft with the Dash 8 between 1993 and 1995.
• Narvik Airport, Framnes handled 32,110 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Narvik Airport, Framnes (NVK) is Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE), which is located only 18 miles (30 kilometers) WNW of NVK.
• In addition to being known as "Narvik Airport, Framnes", another name for NVK is "Narvik lufthavn, Framnes".
• The Harstad–Narvik area had been proposed as a potential location of Bardufoss Air Station when it had been planned during the late 1930s.
• Kato Air Flight 605 took place on 29 September 2004, when an Algerian asylum seeker attacked the pilots with an axe.
• The government supported construction Hålogaland Bridge on condition that Narvik Airport, Framnes be closed.
• Because of Narvik Airport, Framnes's relatively low elevation of 95 feet, planes can take off or land at Narvik Airport, Framnes 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.
• In the tender valid from 1 April 2012 the routes to Svolvær, Leknes, Røst and Narvik were awarded to Danish Air Transport.