Nonstop flight route between Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS), Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway and Vancouver Harbour Water Airport (CXH), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,511 miles (or 7,260 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 Vancouver Harbour Water 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 Vancouver Harbour Water Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KRS / ENCN |
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Location: | Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway |
GPS Coordinates: | 58°12'14"N by 8°5'6"E |
Area Served: | Kristiansand, Norway |
Operator/Owner: | Avinor |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 57 feet (17 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KRS |
More Information: | KRS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CXH / CYHC |
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Location: | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 49°17'39"N by 123°6'41"W |
Area Served: | Vancouver, British Columbia |
Operator/Owner: | West Coast Air, Harbour Air Services, Vancouver Harbour Float Centre |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 0 feet (0 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from CXH |
More Information: | CXH Maps & Info |
Facts about Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS):
- Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS) currently has only 1 runway.
- 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.
- When SAS Commuter closed down its Copenhagen route in 1994, Maersk Air started flying to Copenhagen itself, using Fokker F50 aircraft with three daily departures.
- The airport's 2,000-metre runway has been defined as 1,840 metres and lacks a safety area at the southern end.
- 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.
- 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 Royal Norwegian Air Force has a training centre at the airport.
- Avinor installed a 90 meters long section of engineered materials arrestor system at the end of each runway in 2012.
- In addition to being known as "Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik", another name for KRS is "Kristiansand lufthavn, Kjevik".
Facts about Vancouver Harbour Water Airport (CXH):
- In 2007, the link to Victoria Inner Harbour Airport was, according to the Official Airline Guide, Canada's busiest air route by the number of weekly flights.
- It is classified as both an airport and an airport of entry by NAV CANADA and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency.
- The closest airport to Vancouver Harbour Water Airport (CXH) is Vancouver International Airport (YVR), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) SSW of CXH.
- Because of Vancouver Harbour Water Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Vancouver Harbour Water 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 Vancouver Harbour Water Airport (CXH) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,677 miles (17,184 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- The Vancouver Harbour Control Tower is the only one in Canada specifically for a water aerodrome.
- In addition to being known as "Vancouver Harbour Water Airport", another name for CXH is "Vancouver Coal Harbour Seaplane Base".