Nonstop flight route between Hill City, Kansas, United States and Ullensaker (near Oslo), Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Hill City Municipal Airport (HLC), Hill City, Kansas, United States and Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL), Ullensaker (near Oslo), Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,531 miles (or 7,292 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 Hill City Municipal Airport 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 Hill City Municipal Airport 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 Hill City Municipal Airport (HLC):

• The closest airport to Hill City Municipal Airport (HLC) is Hays Regional Airport (HYS), which is located 48 miles (77 kilometers) SE of HLC.
• The furthest airport from Hill City Municipal Airport (HLC) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,752 miles (17,304 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Hill City Municipal Airport (HLC) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL):

• In 1972, capacity restraints forced the authorities to move all charter traffic from Fornebu to Gardermoen.
• In addition to being known as "Oslo Airport, Gardermoen", another name for OSL is "Oslo lufthavn".
• The closest airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL) is Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed ) (FBU), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) SW of OSL.
• In 1946, Braathens SAFE established their technical base at the airport, but left two years later.
• The main art on the land side of the airport is Alexis, consisting of six steel sculptures in stainless steel created by Per Inge Bjørlo.
• About half the airport operator's income is from retail revenue.
• Oslo Airport, Gardermoen handled 22,956,540 passengers last year.
• 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.
• 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.
• The first new airline to start scheduled flights was Color Air.
• Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL) has 2 runways.
• In 1999, Northwest Airlines briefly operated a flight between Oslo and Minneapolis, United States, for several month before the flight was canceled due to poor load factors.
• 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.
• Parliament decided to build a high-speed airport rail link from Oslo to Gardermoen.