Nonstop flight route between Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway and Grand Turk Island, Turks and Caicos Islands:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS), Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway and JAGS McCartney International Airport (GDT), Grand Turk Island, Turks and Caicos Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,579 miles (or 7,369 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 Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik and JAGS McCartney 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 Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik and JAGS McCartney 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: | KRS / ENCN |
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Location: | Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway |
GPS Coordinates: | 58°12'14"N by 8°5'6"E |
Area Served: | Kristiansand, Norway |
Operator/Owner: | Avinor |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 57 feet (17 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KRS |
More Information: | KRS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GDT / MBGT |
Airport Name: | JAGS McCartney International Airport |
Location: | Grand Turk Island, Turks and Caicos Islands |
GPS Coordinates: | 21°26'39"N by 71°8'31"W |
Operator/Owner: | Civil Aviation Department |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 13 feet (4 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GDT |
More Information: | GDT Maps & Info |
Facts about Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS):
- Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS) currently has only 1 runway.
- In 1945, the Air Force moved its technical school to Kjevik.
- A new control tower and a larger two-storey terminal have also been proposed.
- FlyNonstop introduced direct scheduled flights to/from London City Airport in April 2013, using a Dutch-registered Embraer 190 flown by Denim Air crews.
- The furthest airport from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,423 miles (18,384 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS) is Farsund Airport, Lista (FAN), which is located 54 miles (86 kilometers) W of KRS.
- When SAS Commuter closed down its Copenhagen route in 1994, Maersk Air started flying to Copenhagen itself, using Fokker F50 aircraft with three daily departures.
- Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik handled 1,065,615 passengers last year.
- Because of Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik's relatively low elevation of 57 feet, planes can take off or land at Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik 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 addition to being known as "Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik", another name for KRS is "Kristiansand lufthavn, Kjevik".
- Before the war, Det Danske Luftfartsselskap operated a route between Kristiansand, Aalborg and Copenhagen.
Facts about JAGS McCartney International Airport (GDT):
- The closest airport to JAGS McCartney International Airport (GDT) is South Caicos Airport (XSC), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) WNW of GDT.
- The furthest airport from JAGS McCartney International Airport (GDT) is RAAF Learmonth (LEA), which is nearly antipodal to JAGS McCartney International Airport (meaning JAGS McCartney International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAAF Learmonth), and is located 12,097 miles (19,468 kilometers) away in Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia.
- Because of JAGS McCartney International Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at JAGS McCartney 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.
- JAGS McCartney International Airport (GDT) currently has only 1 runway.