Nonstop flight route between Sugawa, Fukushima, Japan and Rørvik, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Fukushima Airport (FKS), Sugawa, Fukushima, Japan and Rørvik Airport, Ryum (RVK), Rørvik, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,873 miles (or 7,843 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 Fukushima Airport and Rørvik Airport, Ryum, 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 Fukushima Airport and Rørvik Airport, Ryum. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Fukushima Airport (FKS):

• The airport remained operational during and following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in March 2011, and temporarily saw increased domestic service during the closure of the Tōhoku Shinkansen high-speed rail line to Tokyo.
• The last episode of the TV drama Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World was filmed at Fukushima Airport in 2004.
• Fukushima Airport (FKS) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Fukushima Airport (FKS) is Utsunomiya Air Field (QUT), which is located 58 miles (94 kilometers) SSW of FKS.
• The furthest airport from Fukushima Airport (FKS) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is located 11,639 miles (18,731 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
• In addition to being known as "Fukushima Airport", other names for FKS include "福島空港" and "Fukushima Kūkō".
• Fukushima Airport was conceived in the late 1970s, and planning at the prefectural level began in 1981.

Facts about Rørvik Airport, Ryum (RVK):

• Norving announced on 10 December 1987 that they would terminate all operations outside Finnmark.
• Rørvik Airport, Ryum handled 27,418 passengers last year.
• Plans for an airport with short take-off and landing flights was launched by the government in December 1983.
• The closest airport to Rørvik Airport, Ryum (RVK) is Namsos Airport (OSY), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) SSE of RVK.
• Because of Rørvik Airport, Ryum's relatively low elevation of 15 feet, planes can take off or land at Rørvik Airport, Ryum 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 furthest airport from Rørvik Airport, Ryum (RVK) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,954 miles (17,629 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Rørvik Airport, Ryum", another name for RVK is "Rørvik lufthavn, Ryum".
• From 1996, Ryum and 25 other regional airports were taken over by the state and the Civil Aviation Administration.