Nonstop flight route between Phrae, Thailand and Sørvágur, Faroe Islands:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Phrae Airport (PRH), Phrae, Thailand and Vágar Airport (FAE), Sørvágur, Faroe Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,656 miles (or 9,103 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 Phrae Airport and Vágar 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 Phrae Airport and Vágar Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Phrae Airport (PRH):

• Because of Phrae Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Phrae 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 Phrae Airport (PRH) is Capitán FAP Renán Elías Olivera International Airport (PIO), which is nearly antipodal to Phrae Airport (meaning Phrae Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Capitán FAP Renán Elías Olivera International Airport), and is located 12,050 miles (19,393 kilometers) away in Pisco, Peru.
• The closest airport to Phrae Airport (PRH) is Lampang Airport (LPT), which is located 44 miles (71 kilometers) WNW of PRH.

Facts about Vágar Airport (FAE):

• In addition to being known as "Vágar Airport", another name for FAE is "Vága FloghavnVágar Lufthavn".
• Because of Vágar Airport's relatively low elevation of 280 feet, planes can take off or land at Vágar 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.
• A Boeing 737 aircraft lands
• Until 2002 travel from the airport to most locations in the Faroe Islands including the capital Tórshavn required a car ferry, but in 2002 a road tunnel was opened giving direct road access.
• A tolled tunnel opened in 2002 connecting Vágar to the neighbouring island of Streymoy, where the Faroese capital Tórshavn is located.
• Vágar Airport handled 23,618 passengers last year.
• Vágar Airport (FAE) currently has only 1 runway.
• There are bus services about 10 times each direction per day between the airport and Tórshavn.
• The furthest airport from Vágar Airport (FAE) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,373 miles (18,304 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Vágar Airport (FAE) is Scatsta Airport (SCS), which is located 228 miles (368 kilometers) ESE of FAE.
• Atlantic Airways Avro RJ at Vágar Airport
• An arrival from Billund
• As of 2013, a new terminal was expected to open in Spring 2014.