Nonstop flight route between Kiruna, Sweden and Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kiruna Airport (KRN), Kiruna, Sweden and Belfast International Airport (BFS), Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,248 miles (or 2,009 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 relatively short distance between Kiruna Airport and Belfast International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Kiruna Airport (KRN):

• The furthest airport from Kiruna Airport (KRN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,668 miles (17,169 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Kiruna Airport (KRN) is Gällivare Airport (GEV), which is located 49 miles (79 kilometers) SSE of KRN.
• On March 15, 2012, a Norwegian military transport plane, type Lockheed Hercules, crashed into the Kebnekaise mountain when approaching Kiruna Airport, the Norwegian C-130 Hercules accident.
• Kiruna Airport (KRN) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Belfast International Airport (BFS):

• The airport was privatised in 1994.
• The closest airport to Belfast International Airport (BFS) is George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) E of BFS.
• During the Second World War, Aldergrove remained an RAF base particularly for the Coastal Command.
• On 11 June 2014 United Airlines announced that the daily flight to Newark will be suspended from 6 January 2015 before resuming again on 11 March 2015.
• In addition to being known as "Belfast International Airport", another name for BFS is "Belfast/Aldergrove Airport".
• In December 2007 Aer Lingus opened a base at Belfast International, its third hub.
• Belfast International Airport (BFS) has 2 runways.
• Flyglobespan previously operated summer seasonal services to Orlando Sanford International Airport and John C.
• The furthest airport from Belfast International Airport (BFS) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,847 miles (19,065 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• Civil traffic began in 1922 when flights were conducted flying newspapers from Chester, and a regular civil air service started in 1933.
• Belfast International Airport handled 4,023,336 passengers last year.
• Because of Belfast International Airport's relatively low elevation of 268 feet, planes can take off or land at Belfast International 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.