Nonstop flight route between Nice, France and Evenes, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Nice Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE), Nice, France and Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE), Evenes, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,749 miles (or 2,815 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 relatively short distance between Nice Côte d'Azur Airport and Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Nice Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE):

• Because of Nice Côte d'Azur Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Nice Côte d'Azur 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.
• Nice Côte d'Azur Airport handled 11,222,042 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Nice Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE) is Monaco Heliport (MCM), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) ENE of NCE.
• The airport is located on the western end of the Promenade des Anglais.
• Nice Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Nice Côte d'Azur Airport", another name for NCE is "Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur".
• Nice Côte d'Azur Airport is an international airport located 3.2 NM southwest of Nice, in the Alpes-Maritimes départment of France.
• The airport is positioned 7 km west of the city centre, and is the principal port of arrival for passengers to the Côte d'Azur.
• The furthest airport from Nice Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Nice Côte d'Azur Airport (meaning Nice Côte d'Azur Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,253 miles (19,720 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.

Facts about Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE):

• 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 closest airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE) is Narvik Airport, Framnes (NVK), which is located only 18 miles (30 kilometers) E of EVE.
• Nordtrafikk started an airport coach service from Sortland in 1990.
• Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes handled 654,977 passengers last year.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes", another name for EVE is "Harstad/Narvik lufthavn, Evenes".
• The air force has started upgrading Evenes Air Station to be used first for the F-16 Fighting Falcon from 2016 and the F-35 from 2019.
• Seaplane services to Harstad and Narvik started in 1935.