Nonstop flight route between Port Vila, Vanuatu and Bergen, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bauerfield International Airport (VLI), Port Vila, Vanuatu and Bergen-Flesland International Airport (BGO), Bergen, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,376 miles (or 15,090 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 Bauerfield International Airport and Bergen-Flesland 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 Bauerfield International Airport and Bergen-Flesland 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 Bauerfield International Airport (VLI):

• With Japanese forces establishing bases on Guadalcanal which threatened the sea route between the U.S.
• The furthest airport from Bauerfield International Airport (VLI) is Letfotar Airport (MOM), which is nearly antipodal to Bauerfield International Airport (meaning Bauerfield International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Letfotar Airport), and is located 12,383 miles (19,928 kilometers) away in Moudjeria, Mauritania.
• In addition to being known as "Bauerfield International Airport", another name for VLI is "Port Vila International Airport".
• The airfield was originally named Efate Field, Vila Field or McDonald Field but was later officially named Bauer Field after Lt-Col.
• Because of Bauerfield International Airport's relatively low elevation of 68 feet, planes can take off or land at Bauerfield 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 base was disestablished and abandoned in February 1946.
• Bauerfield International Airport (VLI) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Bauerfield International Airport (VLI) is Siwo Airport (EAE), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) N of VLI.

Facts about Bergen-Flesland International Airport (BGO):

• During a short period in 1959 there was a squadron stationed at Flesland.
• Bergen-Flesland International Airport (BGO) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Bergen-Flesland International Airport's relatively low elevation of 166 feet, planes can take off or land at Bergen-Flesland 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.
• In addition to being known as "Bergen-Flesland International Airport", another name for BGO is "Bergen lufthavn, Flesland".
• Originally Bergen was served by water aerodromes at Flatøy, Sandviken and Herdla.
• The first aircraft to operate in Bergen was a demonstration flight by Carl Gustav Cederström on 25 September 1911.
• Engineering reports were made of both Herdla and Flesland in 1950 and 1951.
• Bergen Airport serves 63 destinations, of which 19 are domestic, 34 are international and 16 are charter.
• The closest airport to Bergen-Flesland International Airport (BGO) is Stord Airport, Sørstokken (SRP), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) S of BGO.
• SAS bought Braathens in 2001, and from the following year, only SAS flew the Oslo route.
• The furthest airport from Bergen-Flesland International Airport (BGO) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,296 miles (18,179 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Bergen-Flesland International Airport handled 6,213,960 passengers last year.