Nonstop flight route between Inyokern, California, United States and Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Inyokern Airport (IYK), Inyokern, California, United States and Trondheim Airport, Værnes (TRD), Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,036 miles (or 8,105 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 Inyokern Airport and Trondheim Airport, Værnes, 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 Inyokern Airport and Trondheim Airport, Værnes. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Inyokern Airport (IYK):

• Inyokern Airport is a public use airport located one nautical mile northwest of the central business district of Inyokern, in Kern County, California, United States.
• Inyokern Airport (IYK) has 3 runways.
• The furthest airport from Inyokern Airport (IYK) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,366 miles (18,291 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• The closest airport to Inyokern Airport (IYK) is Trona Airport (TRH), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) ENE of IYK.
• Inyokern Airport covers an area of 1,640 acres at an elevation of 2,457 feet above mean sea level.
• The Inyokern Airport Dragstrip opened in 1954, and was the second oldest continuously operating dragstrip in the United States, behind Thornhill Dragstrip in Kenton, KY which opened in 1953.

Facts about Trondheim Airport, Værnes (TRD):

• The furthest airport from Trondheim Airport, Værnes (TRD) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,048 miles (17,780 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The airport also has a diagonal runway, which runs 14/32, roughly northwest–southeast.
• The closest airport to Trondheim Airport, Værnes (TRD) is Røros Airport (RRS), which is located 62 miles (100 kilometers) SSE of TRD.
• Parliament passed legislation for the construction of a new 2,000-square-metre terminal in 1964, which opened on 5 December 1965.
• Because of Trondheim Airport, Værnes's relatively low elevation of 56 feet, planes can take off or land at Trondheim Airport, Værnes 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 Norwegian State Railways operates both commuter and express trains to and from Trondheim Airport.
• Trondheim Airport, Værnes (TRD) has 3 runways.
• Trondheim Airport, Værnes handled 4,313,547 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Trondheim Airport, Værnes", another name for TRD is "Trondheim lufthavn, Værnes".
• Værnes was surrendered to Luftwaffe on 9 April 1940, during the German occupation of Norway.