Nonstop flight route between Leknes, Norway and Springfield, Missouri, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Leknes Airport (LKN), Leknes, Norway and Springfield–Branson National Airport (SGF), Springfield, Missouri, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,258 miles (or 6,853 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 Leknes Airport and Springfield–Branson National 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 Leknes Airport and Springfield–Branson National Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Leknes Airport (LKN):

• The furthest airport from Leknes Airport (LKN) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 10,718 miles (17,249 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• Leknes Airport handled 96,593 passengers last year.
• Avinor is planning building a new primary airport to serve Lofoten and possibly also Vesterålen.
• In addition to being known as "Leknes Airport", another name for LKN is "Leknes lufthavn".
• Because of Leknes Airport's relatively low elevation of 81 feet, planes can take off or land at Leknes 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.
• Leknes Airport (LKN) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Leknes Airport (LKN) is Svolvær Airport, Helle (SVJ), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) ENE of LKN.
• The airport is located approximately 1 kilometre from the town center.

Facts about Springfield–Branson National Airport (SGF):

• The strongest area of income for SGF is from non-aeronautical revenue activities including parking and rental cars.
• The closest airport to Springfield–Branson National Airport (SGF) is M. Graham Clark Downtown Airport (PLK), which is located 44 miles (70 kilometers) SSE of SGF.
• The Branson Airport opened in the spring of 2009 to compete with the municipally owned Springfield airport.
• Springfield–Branson National Airport (SGF) has 2 runways.
• In October 1964 a new terminal opened.
• In 1992 the airport was renamed Springfield–Branson Regional Airport capitalizing on the sudden rise of the Branson, Missouri tourist industry southeast of the airport).
• Meanwhile, Branson West hopes to open a $15 million airport with a 5,000-foot runway on the west side of the community to open in the fall of 2008 on 930 acres donated by Conco Companies of Springfield, Kay Renfro and Martin Eastwood.
• The furthest airport from Springfield–Branson National Airport (SGF) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,826 miles (17,423 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.