Nonstop flight route between Kristiansund, Norway and Washington, D.C. / Virginia, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget (KSU), Kristiansund, Norway and Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD), Washington, D.C. / Virginia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,722 miles (or 5,991 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 Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget and Washington Dulles International 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 Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget and Washington Dulles International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget (KSU):

• In addition to being known as "Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget", other names for KSU include "Kristiansund lufthavn, Kvernberget" and "Kristiansund/Kvernberget Airport".
• Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget (KSU) currently has only 1 runway.
• Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget handled 359,968 passengers last year.
• The airport resides at an elevation of 204 feet above mean sea level.
• Because of Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget's relatively low elevation of 204 feet, planes can take off or land at Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget 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 Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget (KSU) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,092 miles (17,851 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget (KSU) is Molde Airport, Årø (MOL), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) SW of KSU.

Facts about Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD):

• A new train system, dubbed AeroTrain and developed by Mitsubishi, began in 2010 to transport passengers between the concourses and the main terminal.
• Loudoun County Transit provides a bus service which runs from the Dulles Town Center shopping center, to the airport, then to the Steven F.
• The closest airport to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) is Leesburg Executive Airport (JYO), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) NNW of IAD.
• The furthest airport from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,659 miles (18,763 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• By the 1980s, the original design, which had mobile lounges meet each plane, was no longer well-suited to Dulles' role as a hub airport.
• Washington Dulles Airport is the busiest airport in the Washington metropolitan area, and second busiest airport in the larger Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area with over 22 million passengers a year.
• In September 2009, a 121,700 square feet central Transportation Security Administration checkpoint was added on a new security mezzanine level of the main terminal.
• Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) has 5 runways.
• Concourse A consists of a permanent ground level set of gates designed for small planes such as regional jets and several former B concourse gates.
• Because of Washington Dulles International Airport's relatively low elevation of 313 feet, planes can take off or land at Washington Dulles 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 C and D concourses, completed in 1983 and designed by Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum, were originally designed as a temporary base for United Airlines, which began hub operations at the airport in 1985.