Nonstop flight route between Phoenix, Arizona, United States and Stord, Hordaland, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX), Phoenix, Arizona, United States and Stord Airport, Sørstokken (SRP), Stord, Hordaland, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,082 miles (or 8,178 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 Phoenix Sky Harbor International 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 Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and Stord Airport, Sørstokken. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX):

• The furthest airport from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,450 miles (18,427 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The airport's master plan was redesigned in 1959 to eliminate the cross runway to make room for new terminals.
• The closest airport to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) is Scottsdale Airport (SCF), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) NNE of PHX.
• Bonanza Airlines moved its headquarters from Las Vegas to Phoenix in 1966.
• The airport's current 326-foot tall air traffic control tower began operations on January 14, 2007.
• Sky Harbor's private airplane area is also one of eight service centers for the Medevac airline Air Evac.
• The $835,000 Terminal 1 which also had the first control tower, opened in October 1952.
• In the meantime Southwest Airlines arrived at Phoenix in January 1982 with thirteen daily flights to twelve cities.
• Sky Harbor was the fourth airport built in Phoenix.
• Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) has 3 runways.
• A future three-part construction and renovation project will combine Terminal 2 and Terminal 3, and update the facilities.

Facts about Stord Airport, Sørstokken (SRP):

• Stord Airport, Sørstokken handled 30,711 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Stord Airport, Sørstokken (SRP) is Haugesund Airport, Karmøy (HAU), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) S of SRP.
• Stord Airport, Sørstokken is a municipal regional airport located at Sørstokken in Stord, a municipality in Hordaland county, Norway.
• In July 1987, a distance measurement in the distance measuring equipment failed, terminating all scheduled and night flights until it was replaced in September.
• Stord Airport, Sørstokken (SRP) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Stord Airport, Sørstokken", other names for SRP include "Stord lufthavn, Sørstokken" and "ENSO".
• In September 1984, the Ministry of Finance granted NOK 8 million to the airport.
• 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.
• 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.
• In early 1992, Air Stord started a route to Stavanger, which corresponded with the morning departures to London and Aberdeen in the United Kingdom.