Nonstop flight route between Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway and Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS), Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway and Lawrence Municipal Airport (LWM), Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,422 miles (or 5,507 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 Lawrence Municipal 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 Lawrence Municipal 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):

• 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.
• Avinor installed a 90 meters long section of engineered materials arrestor system at the end of each runway in 2012.
• In 1945, the Air Force moved its technical school to Kjevik.
• Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik handled 1,065,615 passengers last year.
• A new control tower and a larger two-storey terminal have also been proposed.
• 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.
• 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.
• Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik", another name for KRS is "Kristiansand lufthavn, Kjevik".
• When the Germans attacked Norway on 9 April 1940, the airport had a small group of soldiers attached to it.

Facts about Lawrence Municipal Airport (LWM):

• The furthest airport from Lawrence Municipal Airport (LWM) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,743 miles (18,898 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Lawrence Municipal Airport (LWM) has 2 runways.
• Because of Lawrence Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 148 feet, planes can take off or land at Lawrence Municipal 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 closest airport to Lawrence Municipal Airport (LWM) is Beverly Municipal Airport (BVY), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) SE of LWM.