Nonstop flight route between Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway and Battle Mountain, Nevada, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS), Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway and Battle Mountain Airport (BAM), Battle Mountain, Nevada, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,913 miles (or 7,906 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 Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik and Battle Mountain 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 Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik and Battle Mountain Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS):

• In 1964, the runway was expanded to its present length.
• In addition to being known as "Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik", another name for KRS is "Kristiansand lufthavn, Kjevik".
• The furthest airport from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,423 miles (18,384 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• KLM started its route from Amsterdam to Oslo via Kristiansand right after the war.
• FlyNonstop introduced direct scheduled flights to/from London City Airport in April 2013, using a Dutch-registered Embraer 190 flown by Denim Air crews.
• In 1936, the city of Kristiansand decided to build an airport at Kongsgård, but later changed their minds and built it at Kjevik.
• Bus service to Kristiansand, Lillesand, Grimstad, Arendal and Tveit is available.
• Because of Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik's relatively low elevation of 57 feet, planes can take off or land at Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik 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.
• Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik is situated 4.3 NM northeast of the city Kristiansand, Vest-Agder in southern Norway, located 16 km from the city centre.
• The closest airport to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS) is Farsund Airport, Lista (FAN), which is located 54 miles (86 kilometers) W of KRS.
• Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik handled 1,065,615 passengers last year.
• Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Battle Mountain Airport (BAM):

• The airport was built by the United States Army Air Forces about 1942, and was known as Battle Mountain Flight Strip.
• The furthest airport from Battle Mountain Airport (BAM) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,030 miles (17,752 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• The closest airport to Battle Mountain Airport (BAM) is Winnemucca Municipal Airport (WMC), which is located 53 miles (85 kilometers) WNW of BAM.
• Battle Mountain Airport, also known as Lander County Airport, is a public-use airport located 3 miles southeast of the central business district of Battle Mountain, Nevada, United States.
• Battle Mountain Airport (BAM) has 2 runways.
• The airstrip at Battle Mountain was used as a setting by novelist Dale Brown in his techno-thriller novel Battle Born.
• Because of Battle Mountain Airport's high elevation of 4,532 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BAM. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BAM a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.