Nonstop flight route between Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India and Stord, Hordaland, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between విశాఖపట్నం అంతర్జాతీయ విమానాశ్రయం (VTZ), Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India and Stord Airport, Sørstokken (SRP), Stord, Hordaland, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,745 miles (or 7,636 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 విశాఖపట్నం అంతర్జాతీయ విమానాశ్రయం and Stord Airport, Sørstokken, 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 విశాఖపట్నం అంతర్జాతీయ విమానాశ్రయం and Stord Airport, Sørstokken. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about విశాఖపట్నం అంతర్జాతీయ విమానాశ్రయం (VTZ):

• The closest airport to విశాఖపట్నం అంతర్జాతీయ విమానాశ్రయం (VTZ) is Jagdalpur Airport (JGB), which is located 122 miles (196 kilometers) NW of VTZ.
• విశాఖపట్నం అంతర్జాతీయ విమానాశ్రయం (VTZ) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "విశాఖపట్నం అంతర్జాతీయ విమానాశ్రయం", other names for VTZ include "Visakhapatnam International Airport", "INS DEGA" and "VOVZ".
• Carriers such as Air Arabia and SriLankan Airlines are awaiting the Indian government's permission to launch flights to Sharjah and Colombo respectively.
• Because of విశాఖపట్నం అంతర్జాతీయ విమానాశ్రయం's relatively low elevation of 15 feet, planes can take off or land at విశాఖపట్నం అంతర్జాతీయ విమానాశ్రయం 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.
• A new terminal building was inaugurated on 20 February 2009.
• The furthest airport from విశాఖపట్నం అంతర్జాతీయ విమానాశ్రయం (VTZ) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,400 miles (18,346 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.

Facts about Stord Airport, Sørstokken (SRP):

• One-third of the necessary capital would be granted from private investors, one third from public grants and one third as loans.
• In February 1988, Coast Aero Center filed for bankruptcy.
• A new report was published in 1981, which recommended that the airport be located at Meatjørn or Storavatnet.
• In July 1987, a distance measurement in the distance measuring equipment failed, terminating all scheduled and night flights until it was replaced in September.
• Stord Airport, Sørstokken (SRP) currently has only 1 runway.
• Following the decline in the shipyard industry in 1973 and 1974, the yards in Stord started a processes to move their attention to the offshore petroleum industry.
• In 1995, the airport was discussed in the Parliament of Norway's Standing Committee on Transport and Communications.
• The closest airport to Stord Airport, Sørstokken (SRP) is Haugesund Airport, Karmøy (HAU), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) S of SRP.
• Because of Stord Airport, Sørstokken's relatively low elevation of 161 feet, planes can take off or land at Stord Airport, Sørstokken 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 furthest airport from Stord Airport, Sørstokken (SRP) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,330 miles (18,234 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In September 1984, the Ministry of Finance granted NOK 8 million to the airport.
• In addition to being known as "Stord Airport, Sørstokken", other names for SRP include "Stord lufthavn, Sørstokken" and "ENSO".
• Stord Airport, Sørstokken handled 30,711 passengers last year.