Nonstop flight route between Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway and Ketapang, West Kalimantan, Indonesia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS), Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway and Rahadi Usman Airport (KTG), Ketapang, West Kalimantan, Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,756 miles (or 10,872 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 Rahadi Usman 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 Rahadi Usman 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 addition to being known as "Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik", another name for KRS is "Kristiansand lufthavn, Kjevik".
• Between 1963 and 1981, Dan-Air of London operated a route between Newcastle and Kjevik.
• The closest airport to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS) is Farsund Airport, Lista (FAN), which is located 54 miles (86 kilometers) W of KRS.
• Starting in autumn 1991, Widerøe Norsk Air flew on the route from its hub at Sandefjord Airport, Torp via Kjevik to London Stansted Airport using Fokker 50 turboprop aircraft.
• 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.
• A new control tower and a larger two-storey terminal have also been proposed.
• Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik handled 1,065,615 passengers last year.
• In 1964, the runway was expanded to its present length.
• Avinor installed a 90 meters long section of engineered materials arrestor system at the end of each runway in 2012.
• Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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 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.

Facts about Rahadi Usman Airport (KTG):

• Because of Rahadi Usman Airport's relatively low elevation of 46 feet, planes can take off or land at Rahadi Usman 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 Rahadi Usman Airport (KTG) is Fabio Alberto León Bentley Airport (MVP), which is nearly antipodal to Rahadi Usman Airport (meaning Rahadi Usman Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Fabio Alberto León Bentley Airport), and is located 12,396 miles (19,949 kilometers) away in Mitú, Colombia.
• Rahadi Usman Airport (KTG) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Rahadi Usman Airport (KTG) is Supadio International Airport (SPA) (PNK), which is located 121 miles (195 kilometers) NNW of KTG.
• In addition to being known as "Rahadi Usman Airport", another name for KTG is "Bandar Udara Rahadi Usman".