Nonstop flight route between Kirkenes, Finnmark, Norway and Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen (KKN), Kirkenes, Finnmark, Norway and Truth or Consequences Municipal Airport (TCS), Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,005 miles (or 8,056 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 Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen and Truth or Consequences Municipal 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 Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen and Truth or Consequences Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen (KKN):

• The first aircraft to land in Sør-Varanger was part of a trial undertaken in 1922 by the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service to test the flight time from Horten to Kirkenes.
• Three airlines serve the airport with scheduled flights.
• Finnair terminated their services to Kirkenes in 1975.
• The closest airport to Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen (KKN) is Vadsø Airport (VDS), which is located 24 miles (38 kilometers) N of KKN.
• The furthest airport from Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen (KKN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,424 miles (16,775 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The airport is located at Høybuktmoen in Sør-Varanger, about 15 kilometers west of Kirkenes.
• In addition to being known as "Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen", another name for KKN is "Kirkenes lufthavn, Høybuktmoen".
• Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen handled 297,149 passengers last year.
• The runway is located southwest–northeast and is 2,015 by 45 meters.
• The runway was extended eastwards by 290 meters in the late 1990s.
• Because of Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen's relatively low elevation of 282 feet, planes can take off or land at Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen 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.
• Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen (KKN) currently has only 1 runway.
• Busy Bee was contracted by the Norwegian Armed Forces to fly military charters in June 1968.

Facts about Truth or Consequences Municipal Airport (TCS):

• Truth or Consequences Municipal Airport (TCS) has 5 runways.
• The closest airport to Truth or Consequences Municipal Airport (TCS) is Grant County Airport (SVC), which is located 66 miles (106 kilometers) SW of TCS.
• Because of Truth or Consequences Municipal Airport's high elevation of 4,853 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at TCS. Combined with a high temperature, this could make TCS a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from Truth or Consequences Municipal Airport (TCS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,341 miles (18,252 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.