Nonstop flight route between Barcaldine, Queensland, Australia and Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Barcaldine Airport (BCI), Barcaldine, Queensland, Australia and Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS), Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,256 miles (or 14,897 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 Barcaldine Airport and Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik, 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 Barcaldine Airport and Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Barcaldine Airport (BCI):

• The closest airport to Barcaldine Airport (BCI) is Aramac Airport (AXC), which is located 42 miles (67 kilometers) N of BCI.
• Because of Barcaldine Airport's relatively low elevation of 880 feet, planes can take off or land at Barcaldine 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.
• Barcaldine Airport (BCI) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Barcaldine Airport (BCI) is Agostinho Neto Airport (NTO), which is located 11,676 miles (18,790 kilometers) away in Ponta do Sol, Santo Antão, Cape Verde.

Facts about Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS):

• Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik handled 1,065,615 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS) is Farsund Airport, Lista (FAN), which is located 54 miles (86 kilometers) W of KRS.
• Starting in autumn 1991, Widerøe Norsk Air flew on the route from its hub at Sandefjord Airport, Torp via Kjevik to London Stansted Airport using Fokker 50 turboprop aircraft.
• Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS) currently has only 1 runway.
• In 1936, the city of Kristiansand decided to build an airport at Kongsgård, but later changed their minds and built it at Kjevik.
• In addition to being known as "Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik", another name for KRS is "Kristiansand lufthavn, Kjevik".
• 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.
• Before the war, Det Danske Luftfartsselskap operated a route between Kristiansand, Aalborg and Copenhagen.
• A new control tower and a larger two-storey terminal have also been proposed.
• 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.