Nonstop flight route between Rovaniemi, Finland and Gibraltar:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Rovaniemi Airport (RVN), Rovaniemi, Finland and Gibraltar International Airport (GIB), Gibraltar would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,440 miles (or 3,926 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 relatively short distance between Rovaniemi Airport and Gibraltar International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | RVN / EFRO |
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| Location: | Rovaniemi, Finland |
| GPS Coordinates: | 66°33'42"N by 25°49'50"E |
| Area Served: | Rovaniemi, Finland |
| Operator/Owner: | Finavia |
| Airport Type: | Public / Military |
| Elevation: | 642 feet (196 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from RVN |
| More Information: | RVN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | GIB / LXGB |
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| Location: | Gibraltar |
| GPS Coordinates: | 36°9'3"N by 5°20'58"W |
| Area Served: | Gibraltar |
| Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
| Airport Type: | Military/Public |
| Elevation: | 15 feet (5 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from GIB |
| More Information: | GIB Maps & Info |
Facts about Rovaniemi Airport (RVN):
- Rovaniemi Airport (RVN) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Rovaniemi Airport (RVN) is Kemi-Tornio Airport (KEM), which is located 64 miles (103 kilometers) SSW of RVN.
- The airport was built in 1940 with two grass-surfaced runways.
- In addition to being known as "Rovaniemi Airport", another name for RVN is "Rovaniemen lentoasema".
- 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 handled 309,821 passengers last year.
- Rovaniemi Airport is the fifth biggest airport in Finland by annual number of passengers, located in Rovaniemi, Finland, about 10 kilometres north of Rovaniemi city centre.
- In addition to civil traffic the runway is also used by F-18 fighter interceptors of Lapin lennosto.
- 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.
Facts about Gibraltar International Airport (GIB):
- In addition to being known as "Gibraltar International Airport", another name for GIB is "(North Front Airport)".
- A new terminal has been constructed at Gibraltar International due to the high number of passengers using it.
- Gibraltar International Airport handled 383,013 passengers last year.
- Since then, Spain successfully excluded Gibraltar from European wide de-regulation initiatives, preventing direct links from Gibraltar to the rest of the European Union, on the grounds that no regulation that somehow recognises the sovereignty of the United Kingdom over the Gibraltar peninsula may be implemented without a previous agreement on the airport.
- The closest airport to Gibraltar International Airport (GIB) is Ceuta Heliport (JCU), which is located only 18 miles (29 kilometers) S of GIB.
- Monarch is the largest operator at Gibraltar International, operating three weekly flights to London Luton, Manchester Airport and Birmingham.
- Because of Gibraltar International Airport's relatively low elevation of 15 feet, planes can take off or land at Gibraltar 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.
- In April 2009 Ándalus Líneas Aéreas restored Gibraltar's air link with the Spanish capital.
- The furthest airport from Gibraltar International Airport (GIB) is Whangarei Airport (WRE), which is nearly antipodal to Gibraltar International Airport (meaning Gibraltar International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Whangarei Airport), and is located 12,406 miles (19,965 kilometers) away in Whangarei, New Zealand.
- Gibraltar International Airport (GIB) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of this, a new four-lane diversion road and tunnel section was planned.
- Gibraltar International Airport or North Front Airport is the civilian airport that serves the British overseas territory of Gibraltar.
