Nonstop flight route between Narvik, Nordland, Norway and Peace River, Alberta, Canada:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from NVK to YPE:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- NVK Airport Information
- YPE Airport Information
- Facts about NVK
- Facts about YPE
- Map of Nearest Airports to NVK
- List of Nearest Airports to NVK
- Map of Furthest Airports from NVK
- List of Furthest Airports from NVK
- Map of Nearest Airports to YPE
- List of Nearest Airports to YPE
- Map of Furthest Airports from YPE
- List of Furthest Airports from YPE
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Narvik Airport, Framnes (NVK), Narvik, Nordland, Norway and Peace River Airport (YPE), Peace River, Alberta, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,525 miles (or 5,674 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 Narvik Airport, Framnes and Peace River Airport, 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 Narvik Airport, Framnes and Peace River Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | NVK / ENNK |
| Airport Names: |
|
| Location: | Narvik, Nordland, Norway |
| GPS Coordinates: | 68°26'8"N by 17°23'17"E |
| Area Served: | Narvik |
| Operator/Owner: | Avinor |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 95 feet (29 meters) |
| View all routes: | Routes from NVK |
| More Information: | NVK Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | YPE / CYPE |
| Airport Name: | Peace River Airport |
| Location: | Peace River, Alberta, Canada |
| GPS Coordinates: | 56°13'37"N by 117°26'53"W |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1872 feet (571 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from YPE |
| More Information: | YPE Maps & Info |
Facts about Narvik Airport, Framnes (NVK):
- Because of Narvik Airport, Framnes's relatively low elevation of 95 feet, planes can take off or land at Narvik Airport, Framnes 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's only service is a Widerøe route to Bodø, operated using the Dash 8-100.
- The furthest airport from Narvik Airport, Framnes (NVK) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,664 miles (17,161 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Narvik Airport, Framnes handled 32,110 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Narvik Airport, Framnes", another name for NVK is "Narvik lufthavn, Framnes".
- The closest airport to Narvik Airport, Framnes (NVK) is Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE), which is located only 18 miles (30 kilometers) WNW of NVK.
- The Harstad–Narvik area had been proposed as a potential location of Bardufoss Air Station when it had been planned during the late 1930s.
- Widerøe replaced their older aircraft with the Dash 8 between 1993 and 1995.
- Kato Air Flight 605 took place on 29 September 2004, when an Algerian asylum seeker attacked the pilots with an axe.
Facts about Peace River Airport (YPE):
- The closest airport to Peace River Airport (YPE) is Donnelly Airport (YOE), which is located 38 miles (62 kilometers) SSE of YPE.
- Peace River Airport (YPE) currently has only 1 runway.
- On May 28, 29 of 1949 the Peace River Airport played host to one of the first airshows in the region.
- During 1964 the first Flight Service Specialists were hired to man the radio at the Peace River Airport.
- The Peace River Airport Steering Committee has been set up to assess viability and regionalization potential of the airport.
- The furthest airport from Peace River Airport (YPE) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,144 miles (16,325 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- A New Terminal building was opened September 8, 1984.
