Nonstop flight route between Riverside, California, United States and Rovaniemi, Finland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between March Air Reserve Base (RIV), Riverside, California, United States and Rovaniemi Airport (RVN), Rovaniemi, Finland would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,229 miles (or 8,415 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 March Air Reserve Base and Rovaniemi 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 March Air Reserve Base and Rovaniemi Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about March Air Reserve Base (RIV):

• Civilian agency flight activities include a permanently based U.S.
• On 20 March 1918, Alessandro Flying Training Field became March Field, named in honor of Second Lieutenant Peyton C.
• The closest airport to March Air Reserve Base (RIV) is Flabob Airport (RIR), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) NW of RIV.
• The furthest airport from March Air Reserve Base (RIV) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,461 miles (18,445 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• After the war, March was assigned to the new Tactical Air Command as part of the postwar reorganization of the Army Air Force.
• At the same time, the War Department announced its intentions to build several new military installations.
• However, by 1921, the decision had been made to phase down all activities at the base in accordance with sharply reduced military budgets.

Facts about Rovaniemi Airport (RVN):

• In addition to being known as "Rovaniemi Airport", another name for RVN is "Rovaniemen lentoasema".
• Because of Rovaniemi Airport's relatively low elevation of 642 feet, planes can take off or land at Rovaniemi 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.
• Rovaniemi Airport is the fifth largest airport in Finland.
• The closest airport to Rovaniemi Airport (RVN) is Kemi-Tornio Airport (KEM), which is located 64 miles (103 kilometers) SSW of RVN.
• The furthest airport from Rovaniemi Airport (RVN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,658 miles (17,152 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Rovaniemi Airport is one of three airports in Finland that has jet bridges.
• The airport was built in 1940 with two grass-surfaced runways.
• Rovaniemi Airport handled 309,821 passengers last year.
• In 2010, the airport served over 309,000 passengers.
• Rovaniemi Airport (RVN) currently has only 1 runway.