Nonstop flight route between Terre-de-Haut Island, Les Saintes, Guadeloupe and Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Les Saintes Airport (LSS), Terre-de-Haut Island, Les Saintes, Guadeloupe and Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR), Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,964 miles (or 7,989 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 Les Saintes Airport and Svalbard Airport, Longyear, 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 Les Saintes Airport and Svalbard Airport, Longyear. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Les Saintes Airport (LSS):

• Les Saintes Airport (LSS) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Les Saintes Airport (LSS) is Broome International Airport (BME), which is nearly antipodal to Les Saintes Airport (meaning Les Saintes Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Broome International Airport), and is located 12,147 miles (19,548 kilometers) away in Broome, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Les Saintes Airport (LSS) is Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet Airport (PTP), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) N of LSS.
• In addition to being known as "Les Saintes Airport", another name for LSS is "Aérodrome de Terre-de-Haut".
• Because of Les Saintes Airport's relatively low elevation of 42 feet, planes can take off or land at Les Saintes 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.

Facts about Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR):

• In addition to being known as "Svalbard Airport, Longyear", another name for LYR is "Svalbard lufthavn, Longyear".
• On 14 August 1987, Braathens SAFE re-entered the market, flying in parallel with SAS to Tromsø and Oslo.
• The closest airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) is Honningsvåg Airport, Valan (HVG), which is located 534 miles (859 kilometers) SSE of LYR.
• The first air strip on Svalbard was constructed in Adventdalen, near Longyearbyen, by the Luftwaffe during World War II.
• There are 200 free outdoor parking spaces at the airport.
• Lufttransport has a base at Svalbard Airport with two 19-seat Dornier Do 228-202K aircraft and 15 employees.
• Svalbard Airport, Longyear handled 126,350 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) is Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM), which is located 10,170 miles (16,367 kilometers) away in Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica.
• Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport is located 1.6 nautical miles northwest of Longyearbyen, the largest settlement on Svalbard.
• Because of Svalbard Airport, Longyear's relatively low elevation of 94 feet, planes can take off or land at Svalbard Airport, Longyear 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.
• While the Catalina was suitable for postal flights, it was not suitable for a permanent solution for transporting passengers and freight, mainly due to its small size.
• Lufttransport has been at the airport since 1976.