Nonstop flight route between Leknes, Norway and Cape Palmas, Liberia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Leknes Airport (LKN), Leknes, Norway and Cape Palmas Airport (CPA), Cape Palmas, Liberia would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,517 miles (or 7,270 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 Leknes Airport and Cape Palmas 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 Leknes Airport and Cape Palmas Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Leknes Airport (LKN):

• Interior, check-in counter
• In addition to being known as "Leknes Airport", another name for LKN is "Leknes lufthavn".
• Interior, waiting area
• The furthest airport from Leknes Airport (LKN) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 10,718 miles (17,249 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• Avinor is planning building a new primary airport to serve Lofoten and possibly also Vesterålen.
• The closest airport to Leknes Airport (LKN) is Svolvær Airport, Helle (SVJ), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) ENE of LKN.
• Because of Leknes Airport's relatively low elevation of 81 feet, planes can take off or land at Leknes 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.
• Leknes Airport handled 96,593 passengers last year.
• Leknes Airport (LKN) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport is served by Widerøe with Dash 8 aircraft connecting the community to Bodø and other communities in Nordland.

Facts about Cape Palmas Airport (CPA):

• Because of Cape Palmas Airport's relatively low elevation of 20 feet, planes can take off or land at Cape Palmas 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.
• Cape Palmas Airport (CPA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Cape Palmas Airport (CPA) is Sasstown Airport (SAZ), which is located 54 miles (88 kilometers) WNW of CPA.
• The furthest airport from Cape Palmas Airport (CPA) is Aranuka Airport (AAK), which is nearly antipodal to Cape Palmas Airport (meaning Cape Palmas Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Aranuka Airport), and is located 12,108 miles (19,486 kilometers) away in Aranuka, Kiribati.