Nonstop flight route between Vientiane, Laos and Bergen, Norway:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Wattay International Airport (VTE), Vientiane, Laos and Bergen-Flesland International Airport (BGO), Bergen, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,389 miles (or 8,673 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 Wattay 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 Wattay International Airport and Bergen-Flesland International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | VTE / VLVT | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Vientiane, Laos | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 17°59'17"N by 102°33'47"E | 
| Operator/Owner: | Military of Laos | 
| Airport Type: | Military/Public/Civil Aviation Authority | 
| Elevation: | 564 feet (172 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from VTE | 
| More Information: | VTE Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BGO / ENBR | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Bergen, Norway | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 60°17'36"N by 5°13'5"E | 
| Area Served: | Bergen, Norway | 
| Operator/Owner: | Avinor | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 166 feet (51 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from BGO | 
| More Information: | BGO Maps & Info | 
Facts about Wattay International Airport (VTE):
- In addition to being known as "Wattay International Airport", other names for VTE include "ສະໜາມບິນສາກົນວັດໄຕ" and "สนามบินนานาชาติวัตไต".
- The furthest airport from Wattay International Airport (VTE) is Maria Reiche Neuman Airport (NZC), which is nearly antipodal to Wattay International Airport (meaning Wattay International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Maria Reiche Neuman Airport), and is located 12,165 miles (19,578 kilometers) away in Nazca, Ica Region, Peru.
- The closest airport to Wattay International Airport (VTE) is Udon Thani International Airport ท่าอากาศยานอุดรธานี (UTH), which is located 44 miles (71 kilometers) SSE of VTE.
- Wattay International Airport is one of the few international airports in Laos.
- Wattay International Airport (VTE) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Wattay International Airport's relatively low elevation of 564 feet, planes can take off or land at Wattay 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.
- Access to airport by taxi, car and tuk-tuk.
Facts about Bergen-Flesland International Airport (BGO):
- Bergen-Flesland International Airport (BGO) currently has only 1 runway.
- Bergen-Flesland International Airport handled 6,213,960 passengers last year.
- With the delivery of DC-8-aircraft, SAS started a direct service to New York.
- 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.
- Helikopter Service established itself at Flesland in 1958, two years after the Stavanger-based company was established.
- The closest airport to Bergen-Flesland International Airport (BGO) is Stord Airport, Sørstokken (SRP), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) S of BGO.
- Planning of an airport with an airstrip took place during the 1930s.
- All passengers traveling on international flight must pass through the duty-free shop in order to get to their flight.
- The airport had 70,000 passengers during its first twelve months of operations and exceeded 100,000 the following year.
- In addition to being known as "Bergen-Flesland International Airport", another name for BGO is "Bergen lufthavn, Flesland".
- 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.
- After the German occupation of Norway, the Wehrmacht started looking for a location for an airstrip.




