Nonstop flight route between Kuopio / Siilinjärvi, Finland and Lincoln, Nebraska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kuopio Airport (KUO), Kuopio / Siilinjärvi, Finland and Lincoln Airport (LNK), Lincoln, Nebraska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,640 miles (or 7,468 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 Kuopio Airport and Lincoln 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 Kuopio Airport and Lincoln Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kuopio Airport (KUO):

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• In addition to being known as "Kuopio Airport", another name for KUO is "Kuopion lentoasema".
• A unique airport Lake terminal was completed in March 2008.
• The closest airport to Kuopio Airport (KUO) is Varkaus Airport (VRK), which is located 58 miles (93 kilometers) S of KUO.
• Kuopio Airport handled 253,612 passengers last year.
• Kuopio Airport (KUO) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Kuopio Airport (KUO) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,797 miles (17,377 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Kuopio Airport's relatively low elevation of 323 feet, planes can take off or land at Kuopio 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.

Facts about Lincoln Airport (LNK):

• Lincoln Airport (LNK) has 3 runways.
• In 2005, Northwest Airlines offered service to Memphis, but discontinued the route within nine months.
• The airport's main runway was an alternative landing site for NASA's Space Shuttle orbiter.
• Other airlines subsequently introduced jet service into the airport including America West with Boeing 737-200 and 737-300 service nonstop to Phoenix, and Trans World Airlines with Douglas DC-9-10 and DC-9-30 jet flights nonstop to St.
• Lincoln Airport was featured in the 2013 Walt Disney Pictures movie - Planes.
• Lincoln Airport covers 5,000 acres at an elevation of 1,219 feet.
• The furthest airport from Lincoln Airport (LNK) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,635 miles (17,115 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Lincoln Airport (LNK) is Beatrice Municipal Airport (BIE), which is located 38 miles (61 kilometers) S of LNK.