Nonstop flight route between Rygge (near Moss), Norway and Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from RYG to UES:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- RYG Airport Information
- UES Airport Information
- Facts about RYG
- Facts about UES
- Map of Nearest Airports to RYG
- List of Nearest Airports to RYG
- Map of Furthest Airports from RYG
- List of Furthest Airports from RYG
- Map of Nearest Airports to UES
- List of Nearest Airports to UES
- Map of Furthest Airports from UES
- List of Furthest Airports from UES
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG), Rygge (near Moss), Norway and Waukesha County Airport (UES), Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,012 miles (or 6,456 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 Moss Airport, Rygge and Waukesha County 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 Moss Airport, Rygge and Waukesha County Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | RYG / ENRY |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Rygge (near Moss), Norway |
GPS Coordinates: | 59°22'44"N by 10°47'8"E |
Area Served: | Moss / Oslo, Norway |
Operator/Owner: | Royal Norwegian Air Force |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 173 feet (53 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from RYG |
More Information: | RYG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | UES / KUES |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 43°2'27"N by 88°14'12"W |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 911 feet (278 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from UES |
More Information: | UES Maps & Info |
Facts about Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG):
- The first Norwegian Air Shuttle plane took off at the 14 February 2008 heading for Budapest.
- In February 1999, Minister of Transport and Communications Dag Jostein Fjærvoll stated that he supported the opening of civilian traffic from Rygge.
- In addition to being known as "Moss Airport, Rygge", another name for RYG is "Moss lufthavn, Rygge".
- Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG) currently has only 1 runway.
- Moss Airport, Rygge is located 67 kilometers from Oslo.
- 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 handled 1,667,705 passengers last year.
- 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 airport was opened on 5 October 2007.
- 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 2009, the airport company lost NOK 102 million.
Facts about Waukesha County Airport (UES):
- Because of Waukesha County Airport's relatively low elevation of 911 feet, planes can take off or land at Waukesha County 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.
- Waukesha County Airport (UES) has 2 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Waukesha County Airport", another name for UES is "Crites Field".
- The furthest airport from Waukesha County Airport (UES) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,033 miles (17,756 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Flight for Life-Wisconsin announced in October 2007 that it will move its operations to this airport in the summer of 2008.
- The closest airport to Waukesha County Airport (UES) is Lawrence J. Timmerman Airport (MWC), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) ENE of UES.