Nonstop flight route between Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada and Vardø, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Fredericton International Airport (YFC), Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada and Vardø Airport, Svartnes (VAW), Vardø, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,443 miles (or 5,541 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 Fredericton International Airport and Vardø Airport, Svartnes, 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 Fredericton International Airport and Vardø Airport, Svartnes. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Fredericton International Airport (YFC):

• Part of the National Airports System, the airport is owned by Transport Canada and operated by the Greater Fredericton Airport Authority.
• Fredericton was designated an international airport in 2007 by Transport Canada.
• The furthest airport from Fredericton International Airport (YFC) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,648 miles (18,746 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• Fredericton International Airport handled 273,968 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Fredericton International Airport (YFC) is 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown, (YCX), which is located only 5 miles (9 kilometers) ESE of YFC.
• Fredericton International Airport (YFC) has 2 runways.
• Because of Fredericton International Airport's relatively low elevation of 67 feet, planes can take off or land at Fredericton 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.

Facts about Vardø Airport, Svartnes (VAW):

• Vardø Airport, Svartnes handled 14,664 passengers last year.
• Svartnes was constructed by the Luftwaffe during the German occupation of Norway during World War II.
• The first plans for a civilian airport at Svartnes was launched by Varangfly, later renamed Norving, in 1964.
• Because of Vardø Airport, Svartnes's relatively low elevation of 42 feet, planes can take off or land at Vardø Airport, Svartnes 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 Vardø Airport, Svartnes (VAW) is Vadsø Airport (VDS), which is located 34 miles (56 kilometers) SW of VAW.
• The furthest airport from Vardø Airport, Svartnes (VAW) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,373 miles (16,694 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Vardø Airport, Svartnes", another name for VAW is "Vardø Lufthavn, Svartnes".
• Svartnes was built by the German Luftwaffe 1943, where it served fighter aircraft to protect German convoys.
• Norving started operating irregular air taxi flights to Vardø after they took delivery of an eight-seat Britten-Norman Islander in April 1970.