Nonstop flight route between Kingman, Arizona, United States and Alta, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kingman Airport (IGM), Kingman, Arizona, United States and Alta Airport (ALF), Alta, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,858 miles (or 7,818 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 Kingman Airport and Alta Airport, 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 Kingman Airport and Alta Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kingman Airport (IGM):

• Kingman Airport covers an area of 4,200 acres at an elevation of 3,449 feet above mean sea level.
• War Assets Administration came to KAAF to set up Sales & Storage Depot 41.
• Kingman Airport (IGM) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Kingman Airport", another name for IGM is "(former Kingman Army Airfield)".
• Most of the transports and trainers could be used in the civil fleet, and trainers were sold for $875 to $2,400.
• The Kingman Airport was built as a World War II United States Army Air Forces training field.
• Kingman Army Air Field was set up to handle two classes of about 200 students at any one time.
• The closest airport to Kingman Airport (IGM) is Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport (IFP), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) WSW of IGM.
• The furthest airport from Kingman Airport (IGM) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,353 miles (18,271 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.

Facts about Alta Airport (ALF):

• The first airport in Alta was built by the Wehrmacht during the German occupation of Norway.
• The airbus bus is operated by Boreal Transport and takes ten minutes to the town center.
• The airport is served by Norwegian Air Shuttle and Scandinavian Airlines with Boeing 737 aircraft on flights to Tromsø and Oslo.
• SAS Commuter was established in 1988 and started operations in Northern Norway in May 1990, making Alta its central hub for Finnmark.
• The airport is located at Elvebakken and Altagård, on the southern shore of the Altafjord and at the mouth of the river of Altaelva, which is about 4 kilometers east of Bossekop in the town of Alta.
• Alta Airport's catchment area includes Kautokeino, which has no airport.
• Alta Airport handled 353,051 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Alta Airport (ALF) is Lakselv Airport, Banak (LKL), which is located 38 miles (62 kilometers) E of ALF.
• Alta Airport (ALF) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Alta Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Alta Airport 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 Alta Airport (ALF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,502 miles (16,901 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Alta Airport", another name for ALF is "Alta lufthavn".
• Avinor decided in February 2007 to build a new passenger terminal and tower for NOK 300 million.