Nonstop flight route between Lobatse, Botswana and Stord, Hordaland, Norway:
Departure Airport:
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Arrival Airport:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Lobatse Airport (LOQ), Lobatse, Botswana and Stord Airport, Sørstokken (SRP), Stord, Hordaland, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,985 miles (or 9,632 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 Lobatse Airport and Stord Airport, Sørstokken, 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 Lobatse Airport and Stord Airport, Sørstokken. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LOQ / FBLO |
Airport Name: | Lobatse Airport |
Location: | Lobatse, Botswana |
GPS Coordinates: | 25°11'51"S by 25°42'50"E |
Area Served: | Lobatse, Botswana |
View all routes: | Routes from LOQ |
More Information: | LOQ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SRP / ENSA |
Airport Names: |
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Location: | Stord, Hordaland, Norway |
GPS Coordinates: | 59°47'34"N by 5°20'22"E |
Area Served: | Stord, Hordaland, Norway |
Operator/Owner: | Stord Municipality Hordaland County Municipality |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 161 feet (49 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SRP |
More Information: | SRP Maps & Info |
Facts about Lobatse Airport (LOQ):
- The closest airport to Lobatse Airport (LOQ) is Mafikeng Airport (MBD), which is located 43 miles (70 kilometers) SSW of LOQ.
- The furthest airport from Lobatse Airport (LOQ) is Hana Airport (HNM), which is nearly antipodal to Lobatse Airport (meaning Lobatse Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hana Airport), and is located 12,113 miles (19,495 kilometers) away in Hana, Hawaii, United States.
Facts about Stord Airport, Sørstokken (SRP):
- Stord Airport, Sørstokken (SRP) currently has only 1 runway.
- After the opening of the airport, Widerøe also applied to operate the route.
- In September 1984, the Ministry of Finance granted NOK 8 million to the airport.
- The airport company discussed plans to extend the runway and build a proper terminal building, and publicly proposed that the airport could take over some of the helicopter routes from Flesland to oil platforms in the North Sea.
- The municipal chief-of-administration concluded that there would be need for an airport in Stord, but stated that the municipality lacked funds.
- A new report was published in 1981, which recommended that the airport be located at Meatjørn or Storavatnet.
- Stord Airport, Sørstokken is a municipal regional airport located at Sørstokken in Stord, a municipality in Hordaland county, Norway.
- The closest airport to Stord Airport, Sørstokken (SRP) is Haugesund Airport, Karmøy (HAU), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) S of SRP.
- When the airport opened, it had not yet had its landing fees approved of by the authorities, and use of the airport was at first free.
- Because of Stord Airport, Sørstokken's relatively low elevation of 161 feet, planes can take off or land at Stord Airport, Sørstokken 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.
- Planning of the airport started in the 1950s, and after a proposal to locate it at Meatjørn was abandoned, it was decided built at Sørstokken.
- The first proposals for an airport on Stord—launched in the 1950s—envisioned an airport at Hystadmarka.
- In the course of 1988, the airport company's debt increased from NOK 4.5 to 8.0 million.
- Stord Airport, Sørstokken handled 30,711 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Stord Airport, Sørstokken", other names for SRP include "Stord lufthavn, Sørstokken" and "ENSO".
- The furthest airport from Stord Airport, Sørstokken (SRP) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,330 miles (18,234 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.