Nonstop flight route between Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway and Kutaisi, Imereti, Georgia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS), Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway and David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport (KUT), Kutaisi, Imereti, Georgia would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,849 miles (or 2,976 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 Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik and David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS):

• When the Germans attacked Norway on 9 April 1940, the airport had a small group of soldiers attached to it.
• Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik handled 1,065,615 passengers last year.
• 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.
• Bus service to Kristiansand, Lillesand, Grimstad, Arendal and Tveit is available.
• Between 1963 and 1981, Dan-Air of London operated a route between Newcastle and Kjevik.
• 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.
• Before the war, Det Danske Luftfartsselskap operated a route between Kristiansand, Aalborg and Copenhagen.
• Avinor installed a 90 meters long section of engineered materials arrestor system at the end of each runway in 2012.
• KLM started its route from Amsterdam to Oslo via Kristiansand right after the war.
• 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.
• 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.

Facts about David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport (KUT):

• David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport (KUT) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport's relatively low elevation of 223 feet, planes can take off or land at David the Builder Kutaisi 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.
• The furthest airport from David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport (KUT) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 11,109 miles (17,878 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
• A significant growth in the number of passenger has been noted soon after the reopening of the airport in 2012, mainly due to Wizz Air operations linking Kutaisi with Polish and Ukrainian airports.
• The closest airport to David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport (KUT) is Batumi International Airport (BUS), which is located 60 miles (96 kilometers) SW of KUT.
• In addition to being known as "David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport", another name for KUT is "ქუთაისის საერთაშორისო აეროპორტი".
• Some construction work around the airport continues.