Nonstop flight route between Hadsel, Nordland, Norway and Sanford, Florida (near Orlando), United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen (SKN), Hadsel, Nordland, Norway and Orlando/Sanford International Airport (SFB), Sanford, Florida (near Orlando), United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,532 miles (or 7,293 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 Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen and Orlando/Sanford International 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 Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen and Orlando/Sanford International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen (SKN):

• Because of Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen 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.
• Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen (SKN) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen (SKN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,676 miles (17,182 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen handled 104,171 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen", another name for SKN is "Stokmarknes lufthavn, Skagen".
• The closest airport to Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen (SKN) is Svolvær Airport, Helle (SVJ), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) SSW of SKN.
• The airport opened 1 July 1972 as part of a government program of building a series of small airports along the coast.

Facts about Orlando/Sanford International Airport (SFB):

• The City of Sanford assumed control of the former NAS Sanford in 1969 and renamed the facility Sanford Airport, hiring the air station's recently retired Executive Officer, Commander J.
• OLF Osceola was transferred to the control of Seminole County, Florida but was never officially recommissioned as an active airfield.
• The closest airport to Orlando/Sanford International Airport (SFB) is Orlando Executive Airport (ORL), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) SSW of SFB.
• The furthest airport from Orlando/Sanford International Airport (SFB) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,507 miles (18,518 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• The dominant runway is 9L/27R.
• Orlando/Sanford International Airport (SFB) has 4 runways.
• Because of Orlando/Sanford International Airport's relatively low elevation of 55 feet, planes can take off or land at Orlando/Sanford 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.
• The airport is home to Aerosim Flight Academy, formerly Delta Connection Academy, a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines, which provides ab initio flight training for prospective regional airline and international pilots.