Nonstop flight route between Lidköping, Sweden and Norfolk, Virginia, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Lidköping-Hovby Airport (LDK), Lidköping, Sweden and Naval Station Norfolk (NGU), Norfolk, Virginia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,072 miles (or 6,553 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 Lidköping-Hovby Airport and Naval Station Norfolk, 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 Lidköping-Hovby Airport and Naval Station Norfolk. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LDK / ESGL |
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Location: | Lidköping, Sweden |
GPS Coordinates: | 58°27'55"N by 13°10'27"E |
Operator/Owner: | Lidköping Hovby Flygplats AB |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 200 feet (61 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LDK |
More Information: | LDK Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NGU / KNGU |
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Location: | Norfolk, Virginia, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 36°56'42"N by 76°18'47"W |
Operator/Owner: | United States Navy |
Airport Type: | Military: Naval Station |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from NGU |
More Information: | NGU Maps & Info |
Facts about Lidköping-Hovby Airport (LDK):
- The closest airport to Lidköping-Hovby Airport (LDK) is Trollhättan–Vänersborg Airport (THN), which is located 32 miles (51 kilometers) WSW of LDK.
- In addition to being known as "Lidköping-Hovby Airport", another name for LDK is "Lidköping-Hovby Flygplats".
- Because of Lidköping-Hovby Airport's relatively low elevation of 200 feet, planes can take off or land at Lidköping-Hovby 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 Lidköping-Hovby Airport (LDK) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,344 miles (18,256 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Lidköping-Hovby Airport (LDK) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Naval Station Norfolk (NGU):
- In addition to being known as "Naval Station Norfolk", another name for NGU is "Chambers Field".
- The expansion of shipboard aviation in the 1930s brought renewed emphasis to Naval Air Station Norfolk.
- During the late 1930s, major construction took place at Naval Station Norfolk.
- The closest airport to Naval Station Norfolk (NGU) is Norfolk International Airport (ORF), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) ESE of NGU.
- Lighter-than-air operations, important for off-shore patrols during the war, ceased in 1924.
- After war was formally declared following Pearl Harbor, Germany began a U-boat offensive, "Operation Drumbeat", against shipping along the Atlantic coast.
- Naval Station Norfolk (NGU) currently has only 1 runway.
- East Camp, with an area of about 1,000 acres between the east side of Naval Station and Granby Street, had been sold off by the Army at the end of World War I.
- NAS Norfolk started its roots training aviators at Naval Air Detachment, Curtiss Field, Newport News, on May 19, 1917.
- In July 1940, the Federal government began dredging Willoughby Bay and the Naval Air Station seaplane operating area at Breezy Point, Virginia was constructed from reclaimed marshlands at the mouth of Mason Creek, Virginia.
- The furthest airport from Naval Station Norfolk (NGU) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,762 miles (18,929 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.