Nonstop flight route between Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany and Stord, Hordaland, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Baden Airpark (FKB), Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany and Stord Airport, Sørstokken (SRP), Stord, Hordaland, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 769 miles (or 1,237 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 relatively short distance between Baden Airpark and Stord Airport, Sørstokken, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Baden Airpark (FKB):

• Baden Airpark (FKB) currently has only 1 runway.
• The first commercial flight from Hapag-Lloyd Flug took place in April 2001.
• The closest airport to Baden Airpark (FKB) is Strasbourg International Airport (SXB), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) SW of FKB.
• Because of Baden Airpark's relatively low elevation of 408 feet, planes can take off or land at Baden Airpark 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 addition to being known as "Baden Airpark", another name for FKB is "Flughafen Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden".
• The furthest airport from Baden Airpark (FKB) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Baden Airpark (meaning Baden Airpark is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,031 miles (19,362 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.

Facts about Stord Airport, Sørstokken (SRP):

• During construction, companies announced interest in using the airport.
• Because of Stord Airport, Sørstokken's relatively low elevation of 161 feet, planes can take off or land at Stord Airport, Sørstokken 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.
• The instrument landing system was operational from 1 August 1986 and on 12 August Coast Aero Center started their two routes, suing a ten-seat Beechcraft Super King 200 One week later, the ministry changed the concession for the Oslo and Skien route, so it was also awarded to Coast Aero Center.
• In addition to being known as "Stord Airport, Sørstokken", other names for SRP include "Stord lufthavn, Sørstokken" and "ENSO".
• A new report was published in 1981, which recommended that the airport be located at Meatjørn or Storavatnet.
• The closest airport to Stord Airport, Sørstokken (SRP) is Haugesund Airport, Karmøy (HAU), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) S of SRP.
• The furthest airport from Stord Airport, Sørstokken (SRP) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,330 miles (18,234 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Planning of the airport started in the 1950s, and after a proposal to locate it at Meatjørn was abandoned, it was decided built at Sørstokken.
• The airport company discussed plans to extend the runway and build a proper terminal building, and publicly proposed that the airport could take over some of the helicopter routes from Flesland to oil platforms in the North Sea.
• Since the construction of the airport, there had come new rules which required the runway to have a flat section 150 meters wide.
• Stord Airport, Sørstokken handled 30,711 passengers last year.
• Stord Airport, Sørstokken (SRP) currently has only 1 runway.