Nonstop flight route between Stavanger, Norway and Friday Harbor, Washington, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Stavanger-Sola International Airport (SVG), Stavanger, Norway and Friday Harbor Airport (FRD), Friday Harbor, Washington, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,470 miles (or 7,193 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 Stavanger-Sola International Airport and Friday Harbor 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 Stavanger-Sola International Airport and Friday Harbor Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SVG / ENZV |
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| Location: | Stavanger, Norway |
| GPS Coordinates: | 58°52'36"N by 5°38'16"E |
| Area Served: | Stavanger, Norway |
| Operator/Owner: | Avinor |
| Airport Type: | Public / Military |
| Elevation: | 29 feet (9 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from SVG |
| More Information: | SVG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | FRD / KFHR |
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| Location: | Friday Harbor, Washington, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 48°31'18"N by 123°1'27"W |
| Area Served: | Friday Harbor, Washington |
| Operator/Owner: | Port of Friday Harbor |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 113 feet (34 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from FRD |
| More Information: | FRD Maps & Info |
Facts about Stavanger-Sola International Airport (SVG):
- Stavanger-Sola International Airport handled 4,119,348 passengers last year.
- Sola has quite a number of technical facilities, and has the largest aviation technical environment in Norway, including the largest helicopter maintenance facilites in Northern-Europe, Braathens had its technical main base at Sola, as does Norwegian Air Shutte, CHC Helikopter Service, Heli-One Norway, Bristow Norway, Norsk Helikopterservice, Norcopter, Pratt & Whitney Norway Engine Centre and the air force's helicopter main technical base.
- In addition to being known as "Stavanger-Sola International Airport", another name for SVG is "Stavanger lufthavn, Sola".
- On 15 February 2010, Scandinavian Airlines announced that Widerøe would take over their regional routes connecting airports in Western Norway, including the route from Stavanger to Kristiansand.
- Because of Stavanger-Sola International Airport's relatively low elevation of 29 feet, planes can take off or land at Stavanger-Sola 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 Norwegian authorities have denied, among others, Northwest Airlines the right to start flying intercontinental flights from the United States.
- The furthest airport from Stavanger-Sola International Airport (SVG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,392 miles (18,334 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Stavanger-Sola International Airport (SVG) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Stavanger-Sola International Airport (SVG) is Haugesund Airport, Karmøy (HAU), which is located 36 miles (57 kilometers) NNW of SVG.
- Originally, the idea was to locate the Stavanger airport at Forus, but after the war the Royal Norwegian Air Force decided to use Sola temporarily until the new airport was built, and nothing ever became of Forus.
Facts about Friday Harbor Airport (FRD):
- Because of Friday Harbor Airport's relatively low elevation of 113 feet, planes can take off or land at Friday Harbor 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 Friday Harbor Airport (FRD) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,726 miles (17,261 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- In addition to being known as "Friday Harbor Airport", another name for FRD is "FHR".
- The closest airport to Friday Harbor Airport (FRD) is Friday Harbor Seaplane Base (FBS), which is located only 1 miles (2 kilometers) NNE of FRD.
- Friday Harbor Airport (FRD) currently has only 1 runway.
- Friday Harbor Airport is a public use airport located just southwest of the town center of Friday Harbor on San Juan Island in the U.S.
