Nonstop flight route between Stockholm, Sweden and Hammerfest, Finnmark, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Stockholm Västerås Airport (VST), Stockholm, Sweden and Hammerfest Airport (HFT), Hammerfest, Finnmark, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 792 miles (or 1,274 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 relatively short distance between Stockholm Västerås Airport and Hammerfest Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Stockholm Västerås Airport (VST):

• The furthest airport from Stockholm Västerås Airport (VST) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,216 miles (18,050 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Stockholm Västerås Airport's relatively low elevation of 21 feet, planes can take off or land at Stockholm Västerås 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 Stockholm Västerås Airport (VST) is Eskilstuna Airport (EKT), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) S of VST.
• Stockholm Västerås Airport (VST) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Stockholm Västerås Airport", another name for VST is "Stockholm-Västerås flygplats".

Facts about Hammerfest Airport (HFT):

• Widerøe introduced the de Havilland Canada Dash 7 on the route from Tromsø Airport to Hammerfest in 1983, the same year as Norving started flights from Hammerfest to Hasvik Airport.
• The closest airport to Hammerfest Airport (HFT) is Hasvik Airport (HAA), which is located 38 miles (60 kilometers) WSW of HFT.
• Avinor is considering building a new airport at Grøtnes, which would be built as reclaimed land 15 kilometers from Hammerfest.
• The furthest airport from Hammerfest Airport (HFT) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,456 miles (16,828 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The mid-1960s saw several proposals for regional airports in Finnmark.
• In addition to being known as "Hammerfest Airport", another name for HFT is "Hammerfest lufthavn".
• The first plans for serving Hammerfest with an airline route was launched in a government plan from 1933.
• Hammerfest Airport handled 120,503 passengers last year.
• Because of Hammerfest Airport's relatively low elevation of 262 feet, planes can take off or land at Hammerfest 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.