Nonstop flight route between Aalesund, Norway and Dayton, Ohio, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ålesund Airport, Vigra (AES), Aalesund, Norway and James M. Cox Dayton International Airport (DAY), Dayton, Ohio, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,831 miles (or 6,165 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 Ålesund Airport, Vigra and James M. Cox Dayton 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 Ålesund Airport, Vigra and James M. Cox Dayton International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Ålesund Airport, Vigra (AES):

• Bus services leave for the town centre and outer town areas every 30 minutes.
• The closest airport to Ålesund Airport, Vigra (AES) is Ørsta–Volda Airport, Hovden (HOV), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) S of AES.
• Scheduled services are offered by Norwegian, Scandinavian Airlines, KLM, airBaltic and WizzAir.
• The furthest airport from Ålesund Airport, Vigra (AES) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,147 miles (17,940 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• Braathens to Oslo-Fornebu, Oslo-Gardermoen, Stavanger, Bergen, Bodø and Trondheim
• The airport was opened in 1958, as the first in Møre og Romsdal.
• The current terminal was opened along with an extended runway in 1986, along with new underwater road tunnels to the main city of Ålesund.
• In addition to being known as "Ålesund Airport, Vigra", another name for AES is "Ålesund lufthavn, Vigra".
• Ålesund Airport, Vigra handled 1,077,209 passengers last year.
• Ålesund Airport, Vigra (AES) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Ålesund Airport, Vigra's relatively low elevation of 70 feet, planes can take off or land at Ålesund Airport, Vigra 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 1998 the new low-cost carrier Color Air started services to the new Oslo-Gardermoen.
• Norwegian Air Shuttle to Trondheim-Værnes, Bergen-Flesland

Facts about James M. Cox Dayton International Airport (DAY):

• Dayton International is separate from Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport, a municipal airport south of the city in Springboro, Ohio, also owned and operated by the City of Dayton.
• On December 17, 1936 the airport opened as the "Dayton Municipal Airport" with three 3,600-foot concrete runways and connecting taxiways.
• The furthest airport from James M. Cox Dayton International Airport (DAY) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,296 miles (18,178 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In 2011 Dayton International Airport completed a new air traffic control tower.
• Expansion room exists, with plenty of open gates, though Concourse D, which was built in 1978 and used by Piedmont Airlines and US Airways for their mini-hub operation until its closure in 1991, was demolished in 2013.
• It is headquarters for US Airways Express carrier PSA Airlines.
• Taxicab service is available at curbside.
• The closest airport to James M. Cox Dayton International Airport (DAY) is Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (FFO), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) ESE of DAY.
• The airport broke ground in April 2009 for a new multi-level parking garage, which opened in the summer of 2010.
• James M. Cox Dayton International Airport (DAY) has 3 runways.