Nonstop flight route between Hutchinson, Kansas, United States and Oslo, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Hutchinson Municipal Airport (HUT), Hutchinson, Kansas, United States and Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed ) (FBU), Oslo, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,554 miles (or 7,329 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 Hutchinson Municipal Airport and Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed ), 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 Hutchinson Municipal Airport and Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed ). You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Hutchinson Municipal Airport (HUT):

• The closest airport to Hutchinson Municipal Airport (HUT) is Newton City-County Airport (EWK), which is located 32 miles (51 kilometers) E of HUT.
• Hutchinson Municipal Airport (HUT) has 3 runways.
• There are no airline flights.
• Hutchinson Municipal Airport covers 1,597 acres at an elevation of 1,543 feet above mean sea level.
• The furthest airport from Hutchinson Municipal Airport (HUT) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,744 miles (17,290 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.

Facts about Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed ) (FBU):

• Because of Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed )'s relatively low elevation of 56 feet, planes can take off or land at Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed ) 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.
• Following Norway joining the European Economic Area, the airline industry was deregulated, allowing any airline from any EEA member country to make domestic or international flights to Norway.
• In 1953, work started with expanding the north–south runway to 1,800 metres and building a new east–west runway which also was to become 1,800 metres.
• In addition to being known as "Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed )", another name for FBU is "Oslo lufthavn, Fornebu".
• The closest airport to Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed ) (FBU) is Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) NE of FBU.
• Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed ) (FBU) has 2 runways.
• Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed ) handled 10,072,054 passengers last year.
• During the 1960s, a political debate started concerning whether or not a new main airport should be built for Oslo and Eastern Norway.
• At the north part of the airport, located where the former main terminal was until 1964, were the offices of the Air Force and Fred.
• The furthest airport from Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed ) (FBU) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,288 miles (18,165 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In 1947, Icelandair started flights to Reykjavík and the same year British European Airways transferred its London route from Gardermoen to Fornebu.
• In 1996, the airport had 170,823 aircraft movement and 10,072,054 passengers, making it the busiest airport in the country.