Nonstop flight route between Enid, Oklahoma, United States and Ullensaker (near Oslo), Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Vance Air Force Base (END), Enid, Oklahoma, United States and Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL), Ullensaker (near Oslo), Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,659 miles (or 7,497 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 Vance Air Force Base and Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, 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 Vance Air Force Base and Oslo Airport, Gardermoen. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Vance Air Force Base (END):

• The 71st Flying Training Wing aims to train world-class pilots for the United States Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and its Allies and to prepare Air Expeditionary Force warriors to deploy in support of the combatant commanders.
• In addition to being known as "Vance Air Force Base", another name for END is "Vance ANGB".
• The closest airport to Vance Air Force Base (END) is Enid Woodring Regional Airport (WDG), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) ENE of END.
• The furthest airport from Vance Air Force Base (END) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,825 miles (17,422 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• It was not until 1942, that the base was officially named Enid Army Flying School, also known as Woodring Field.
• In keeping with the Air Force tradition of naming bases for deceased Air Force flyers, on July 9, 1949, the base was renamed after a local World War II hero and Medal of Honor recipient, Lt Col Leon Robert Vance, Jr.
• The base was reactivated on January 13, 1948, and its name changed to Enid Air Force Base, as one of the pilot training bases within the Air Training Command.

Facts about Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL):

• In addition to being known as "Oslo Airport, Gardermoen", another name for OSL is "Oslo lufthavn".
• Because of the airport's customs procedures for connecting passengers, some transit passengers, are now avoiding Oslo Airport and finding other routing options when possible.
• Oslo Airport, Gardermoen handled 22,956,540 passengers last year.
• In 1946, Braathens SAFE established their technical base at the airport, but left two years later.
• Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,261 miles (18,123 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• To minimize the effect of using state grants to invest in Eastern Norway, parliament decided that the construction and operation of the airport was to be done by an independent limited company that would be wholly owned by the Civil Airport Administration.
• The passenger terminal covers 148,000 square metres and is 819 metres long.
• The airport location was first used by the Norwegian Army from 1740, with the first military airport facilities being built during the 1940s.
• There are three deicing platforms.
• The closest airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL) is Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed ) (FBU), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) SW of OSL.
• Because of Oslo Airport, Gardermoen's relatively low elevation of 681 feet, planes can take off or land at Oslo Airport, Gardermoen 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.