Nonstop flight route between Vadsø, Finnmark, Norway and Warner Robins, Georgia, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Vadsø Airport (VDS), Vadsø, Finnmark, Norway and Robins Air Force Base (WRB), Warner Robins, Georgia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,620 miles (or 7,435 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 Vadsø Airport and Robins Air Force Base, 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 Vadsø Airport and Robins Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Vadsø Airport (VDS):

• In addition to being known as "Vadsø Airport", another name for VDS is "Vadsø lufthavn".
• Vadsø Airport handled 81,772 passengers last year.
• On 4 January 1984 a Cessna aircraft crashed into the sea after take-off from the airport.
• The furthest airport from Vadsø Airport (VDS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,407 miles (16,748 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Varangfly proposed Vadsø as a possible site of a small airfield in 1964, suitable for landing air taxis and air ambulances.
• Widerøe operated Twin Otters on the route until 1995, when the Dash 8 was introduced.
• The distance from Vardø Airport to Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen is 38 kilometers.
• Because of Vadsø Airport's relatively low elevation of 127 feet, planes can take off or land at Vadsø 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 Vadsø Airport (VDS) is Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen (KKN), which is located 24 miles (38 kilometers) S of VDS.
• Both Widerøe and Norving applied to operate the Finnmark route, which would connect the airports together and to the primary airports in Finnmark and Tromsø Airport.
• The first seaplane route to Vadsø was started by Widerøe in 1938, which flew along the coast south to Trondheim.

Facts about Robins Air Force Base (WRB):

• To provide air defense of the base, United States Army Nike-Hercules Surface-to-air missile sites were constructed during 1959.
• The rapidly growing town of Wellston changed its name to Warner Robins on 1 September 1942.
• The furthest airport from Robins Air Force Base (WRB) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,355 miles (18,274 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The host unit at Robins AFB is the 78th Air Base Wing which provides services and support for the Warner-Robins Air Logistics Complex and its tenant organizations.
• The closest airport to Robins Air Force Base (WRB) is Middle Georgia Regional Airport (MCN), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NW of WRB.
• Throughout World War II, 23,670 employees repaired almost every kind of AAF aircraft, including B-17s, C-47s, B-29s, B-24s, P-38s, P-47s, and P-51s.
• In addition to being known as "Robins Air Force Base", another name for WRB is "Robins AFB".
• Provides our nation’s war fighters and allies the most combat capable and affordable electronic warfare systems in the world.