Nonstop flight route between Bequia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Rygge (near Moss), Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between J. F. Mitchell Airport (BQU), Bequia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG), Rygge (near Moss), Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,818 miles (or 7,754 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 J. F. Mitchell Airport and Moss Airport, Rygge, 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 J. F. Mitchell Airport and Moss Airport, Rygge. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about J. F. Mitchell Airport (BQU):

• Because of J. F. Mitchell Airport's relatively low elevation of 15 feet, planes can take off or land at J. F. Mitchell 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 furthest airport from J. F. Mitchell Airport (BQU) is Umbu Mehang Kunda Airport (WGP), which is nearly antipodal to J. F. Mitchell Airport (meaning J. F. Mitchell Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Umbu Mehang Kunda Airport), and is located 12,184 miles (19,608 kilometers) away in Waingapu, Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.
• The closest airport to J. F. Mitchell Airport (BQU) is Mustique Airport (MQS), which is located only 9 miles (14 kilometers) SE of BQU.
• J. F. Mitchell Airport (BQU) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG):

• In October and November, Ryanair established itself at the airport, and started flights to Alicante, Barcelona, Brussels, Bremen, Madrid, Milano and London.
• The furthest airport from Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,319 miles (18,216 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The first aerodrome at Rygge was built in 1942 and 1943, but was located about 2 kilometers west from the current runway.
• The Civil Aviation Authority introduced a non-flight limitation on the airport from 23 to 07, of consideration to the airport's neighbors.
• Moss Airport, Rygge handled 1,667,705 passengers last year.
• Because of Moss Airport, Rygge's relatively low elevation of 173 feet, planes can take off or land at Moss Airport, Rygge 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 January 2007, the charter operators Star Tour, Apollo and MyTravel Airways announced that they would start operating charter flights from 1 October.
• In addition to being known as "Moss Airport, Rygge", another name for RYG is "Moss lufthavn, Rygge".
• The closest airport to Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG) is Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) SW of RYG.
• Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG) currently has only 1 runway.
• In November 2010, the instrument landing system was upgraded from Category I to Category II.