Nonstop flight route between Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia and Evenes, Norway:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAAF Learmonth (LEA), Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia and Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE), Evenes, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,830 miles (or 12,600 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 RAAF Learmonth and Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes, 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 RAAF Learmonth and Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LEA / YPLM |
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Location: | Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 22°14'8"S by 114°5'18"E |
Area Served: | Exmouth, Western Australia |
Operator/Owner: | RAAF/Shire of Exmouth |
Airport Type: | Military/Public |
Elevation: | 19 feet (6 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LEA |
More Information: | LEA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | EVE / ENEV |
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Location: | Evenes, Norway |
GPS Coordinates: | 68°29'20"N by 16°40'41"E |
Area Served: | Harstad and Narvik, Norway |
Operator/Owner: | Avinor |
Airport Type: | Joint (public and military) |
Elevation: | 85 feet (26 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from EVE |
More Information: | EVE Maps & Info |
Facts about RAAF Learmonth (LEA):
- In addition to being known as "RAAF Learmonth", another name for LEA is "Learmonth Airport".
- The closest airport to RAAF Learmonth (LEA) is Barrow Island Airport (BWB), which is located 127 miles (204 kilometers) NE of LEA.
- Because of RAAF Learmonth's relatively low elevation of 19 feet, planes can take off or land at RAAF Learmonth 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.
- During World War II a little-known landing field was constructed on the western shore of Exmouth Gulf.
- On 7 October 2008, Qantas Flight 72 made an emergency landing at RAAF Learmonth.
- In the mid-1960s, the Federal Government gave its support to plans by the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Val Hancock, to redevelop Learmonth as a 'bare base', due to its proximity to Indonesia.
- RAAF Learmonth handled 90,861 passengers last year.
- RAAF Learmonth (LEA) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from RAAF Learmonth (LEA) is Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport (SIG), which is nearly antipodal to RAAF Learmonth (meaning RAAF Learmonth is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport), and is located 12,175 miles (19,594 kilometers) away in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Facts about Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE):
- Kato Air terminated operations in 2008, following the grounding of its aircraft after the Civil Aviation Authority of Norway closed its maintenance division.
- Evenes is located 45 kilometers by road from Harstad, 79 kilometers from Narvik, 121 kilometers from Sortland, 149 kilometers from Stokmarknes, 160 kilometers from Svolvær and 230 kilometers to Leknes.
- Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes handled 654,977 passengers last year.
- Because of Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes's relatively low elevation of 85 feet, planes can take off or land at Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes 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 airport served 654,977 passengers and 9,878 aircraft movements and handled 619 tonnes of cargo in 2013.
- The furthest airport from Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,667 miles (17,167 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Two engineering students at the Norwegian Institute of Technology concluded in 1957 that a new airport in Harstad would cost 3 million Norwegian krone.
- The closest airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE) is Narvik Airport, Framnes (NVK), which is located only 18 miles (30 kilometers) E of EVE.
- The airlines Braathens SAFE and Widerøe both launched an alternative proposal whereby the government instead should build a network of short take-off and landing airports.
- In addition to being known as "Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes", another name for EVE is "Harstad/Narvik lufthavn, Evenes".