Nonstop flight route between Sola, Vanua Lava, Torba Province, Vanuatu and New Haven, Connecticut, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Vanua Lava Airport (SLH), Sola, Vanua Lava, Torba Province, Vanuatu and Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN), New Haven, Connecticut, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,375 miles (or 13,478 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 Vanua Lava Airport and Tweed New Haven 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 Vanua Lava Airport and Tweed New Haven Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Vanua Lava Airport (SLH):

• The closest airport to Vanua Lava Airport (SLH) is Mota Lava Airport (MTV), which is located only 17 miles (28 kilometers) NE of SLH.
• Because of Vanua Lava Airport's relatively low elevation of 7 feet, planes can take off or land at Vanua Lava 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 Vanua Lava Airport (SLH) is Bakel Airport (BXE), which is nearly antipodal to Vanua Lava Airport (meaning Vanua Lava Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Bakel Airport), and is located 12,368 miles (19,904 kilometers) away in Bakel, Senegal.

Facts about Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN):

• Comair began service to HVN in 2004 flying twice daily to Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport using a CRJ 200 and was first managed by Ziv S.
• United Airlines connects to New Haven's Union Station in downtown New Haven via Amtrak train to/from Newark.
• Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN) has 2 runways.
• Tweed was dedicated on August 29, 1931 as New Haven Municipal Airport.
• The furthest airport from Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,768 miles (18,939 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• US Air Express flew to Philadelphia and Washington DC.
• In 1987 Hyannis MA based Provincetown-Boston Airlines, a commuter airline for Peoplexpress Airlines and then Continental Airlines, began flights to New Haven.
• In 2007 the Federal Aviation Administration and the State of Connecticut approved the addition of safety overruns to Tweed's main runway.
• The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 called it a primary commercial service airport.Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 33,988 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 33,000 in 2009 and 35,854 in 2010.
• Tweed-New Haven Airport covers 394 acres at an elevation of 12 feet above mean sea level.
• Because of Tweed New Haven Airport's relatively low elevation of 12 feet, planes can take off or land at Tweed New Haven 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 closest airport to Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN) is Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Airport (BDR), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) WSW of HVN.