Nonstop flight route between Tynda, Amur Oblast, Russia and Værøy, Nordland, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tynda Sigikta (TYD), Tynda, Amur Oblast, Russia and Værøy Heliport (VRY), Værøy, Nordland, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,264 miles (or 5,253 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 Tynda Sigikta and Værøy Heliport, 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 Tynda Sigikta and Værøy Heliport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Tynda Sigikta (TYD):

• The closest airport to Tynda Sigikta (TYD) is Chulman Neryungri Airport (NER), which is located 113 miles (181 kilometers) N of TYD.
• The furthest airport from Tynda Sigikta (TYD) is Port Stanley Airport (PSY), which is nearly antipodal to Tynda Sigikta (meaning Tynda Sigikta is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Port Stanley Airport), and is located 12,167 miles (19,581 kilometers) away in Stanley, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom.
• Tynda Sigikta (TYD) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Værøy Heliport (VRY):

• Nordland County Municipality started a helicopter service from Værøy to Bodø on 1 January 1993, using the old heliport at Hanna Bakken-jordet.
• Widerøe commenced seaplane operates to Værøy from 1965.
• With state-financed operations the service was made subject to public service obligations.
• Because of Værøy Heliport's relatively low elevation of 15 feet, planes can take off or land at Værøy Heliport 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 Værøy Heliport (VRY) is Røst Airport (RET), which is located only 19 miles (30 kilometers) WSW of VRY.
• Værøy Heliport handled 10,210 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Værøy Heliport", another name for VRY is "Værøy helikopterhavn".
• The furthest airport from Værøy Heliport (VRY) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 10,759 miles (17,314 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• The airport was closed immediately after the accident.
• Services to Værøy are provided to Bodø twice per day by Lufttransport using a fifteen-seat AgustaWestland AW139 helicopter.