Nonstop flight route between Norfolk, Nebraska, United States and Hammerfest, Finnmark, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Norfolk Regional Airport (OFK), Norfolk, Nebraska, United States and Hammerfest Airport (HFT), Hammerfest, Finnmark, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,126 miles (or 6,641 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 Norfolk Regional Airport and Hammerfest 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 Norfolk Regional Airport and Hammerfest Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Norfolk Regional Airport (OFK):

• The airport has been served by commercial airlines in the past.
• The furthest airport from Norfolk Regional Airport (OFK) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,592 miles (17,046 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Norfolk Regional Airport (OFK) has 2 runways.
• Norfolk Regional Airport covers an area of 926 acres at an elevation of 1,573 feet above mean sea level.
• In addition to being known as "Norfolk Regional Airport", another name for OFK is "Karl Stefan Memorial Field".
• The closest airport to Norfolk Regional Airport (OFK) is Columbus Municipal Airport (OLU), which is located 37 miles (60 kilometers) S of OFK.

Facts about Hammerfest Airport (HFT):

• In addition to being known as "Hammerfest Airport", another name for HFT is "Hammerfest lufthavn".
• Widerøe introduced the de Havilland Canada Dash 7 on the route from Tromsø Airport to Hammerfest in 1983, the same year as Norving started flights from Hammerfest to Hasvik Airport.
• Because of Hammerfest Airport's relatively low elevation of 262 feet, planes can take off or land at Hammerfest 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.
• The furthest airport from Hammerfest Airport (HFT) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,456 miles (16,828 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The helicopter operations were taken over by Norsk Helikpoter when they opened their base on 11 November 2004.Airport security was introduced on 1 January 2005.
• Hammerfest Airport handled 120,503 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Hammerfest Airport (HFT) is Hasvik Airport (HAA), which is located 38 miles (60 kilometers) WSW of HFT.
• The Widerøe Dash 8-103 aircraft LN-WIK underwent a hard landing on 1 May 2005.
• The mid-1960s saw several proposals for regional airports in Finnmark.
• Avinor's proposal for National Transport Plan 2014–2023 discards building an airport at Grøtnes.