Nonstop flight route between Avarua, Cook Islands and Bardufoss, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Rarotonga International Airport (RAR), Avarua, Cook Islands and Bardufoss Airport (BDU), Bardufoss, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,130 miles (or 14,693 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 Rarotonga International Airport and Bardufoss 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 Rarotonga International Airport and Bardufoss Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Rarotonga International Airport (RAR):

• Rarotonga International Airport (RAR) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of the close proximity of the runways to the nearby roads, it is possible to get very close to aircraft while they are landing.
• Air New Zealand Boeing 777 at Rarotonga
• The closest airport to Rarotonga International Airport (RAR) is Mangaia Island Airport (MGS), which is located 131 miles (211 kilometers) ESE of RAR.
• The furthest airport from Rarotonga International Airport (RAR) is Faya-Largeau Airport (FYT), which is nearly antipodal to Rarotonga International Airport (meaning Rarotonga International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Faya-Largeau Airport), and is located 12,199 miles (19,632 kilometers) away in Faya-Largeau, Chad.
• Because of Rarotonga International Airport's relatively low elevation of 19 feet, planes can take off or land at Rarotonga International 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.

Facts about Bardufoss Airport (BDU):

• Bardufoss Airport is located on the premises of Bardufoss Air Station of the Royal Norwegian Air Force.
• The airport has a runway aligned 10–28 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,443 by 45 meters.
• The closest airport to Bardufoss Airport (BDU) is Tromsø Airport, Langnes (TOS), which is located 44 miles (71 kilometers) NNE of BDU.
• The furthest airport from Bardufoss Airport (BDU) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,613 miles (17,079 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Bardufoss Airport is a primary airport situated at Bardufoss in Målselv, Norway.
• In addition to being known as "Bardufoss Airport", another name for BDU is "Bardufoss lufthavn".
• Bardufoss Airport handled 207,650 passengers last year.
• Bardufoss was selected an emergency landing airfield by the Norwegian Army Air Service in 1934, with construction starting in early 1935.
• Because of Bardufoss Airport's relatively low elevation of 252 feet, planes can take off or land at Bardufoss 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 Norwegian Aviation College college was established at Bardufoss Airport in 1992 as the world's northern-most flight school.