Nonstop flight route between Lake Placid, New York, United States and Værøy, Nordland, Norway:
Departure Airport:
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Arrival Airport:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Lake Placid Airport (LKP), Lake Placid, New York, United States and Værøy Heliport (VRY), Værøy, Nordland, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,358 miles (or 5,404 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 Lake Placid 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 Lake Placid Airport and Værøy Heliport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LKP / KLKP |
Airport Name: | Lake Placid Airport |
Location: | Lake Placid, New York, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 44°15'51"N by 73°57'42"W |
Area Served: | Lake Placid, New York |
Operator/Owner: | North Elba Park District |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1747 feet (532 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LKP |
More Information: | LKP Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | VRY / ENVR |
Airport Names: |
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Location: | Værøy, Nordland, Norway |
GPS Coordinates: | 67°39'15"N by 12°43'36"E |
Area Served: | Værøy, Norway |
Operator/Owner: | Avinor |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 15 feet (5 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from VRY |
More Information: | VRY Maps & Info |
Facts about Lake Placid Airport (LKP):
- The closest airport to Lake Placid Airport (LKP) is Adirondack Regional Airport (SLK), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) NW of LKP.
- The furthest airport from Lake Placid Airport (LKP) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,574 miles (18,627 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Lake Placid Airport (LKP) currently has only 1 runway.
- Lake Placid Airport is a public use airport located one nautical mile southeast of the central business district of Lake Placid, a village in the Town of North Elba, Essex County, New York, United States.
Facts about Værøy Heliport (VRY):
- Værøy Heliport handled 10,210 passengers last year.
- One of the helicopters was bought by Widerøe in December 1976 and the operations were subcontracted to Offshore Helicopters.
- 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.
- In addition to being known as "Værøy Heliport", another name for VRY is "Værøy helikopterhavn".
- Widerøe commenced seaplane operates to Værøy from 1965.
- 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.
- The closest airport to Værøy Heliport (VRY) is Røst Airport (RET), which is located only 19 miles (30 kilometers) WSW of VRY.
- With state-financed operations the service was made subject to public service obligations.