Nonstop flight route between Lincoln, Nebraska, United States and Aalesund, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lincoln Airport (LNK), Lincoln, Nebraska, United States and Ålesund Airport, Vigra (AES), Aalesund, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,133 miles (or 6,651 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 Lincoln Airport and Ålesund Airport, Vigra, 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 Lincoln Airport and Ålesund Airport, Vigra. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Lincoln Airport (LNK):

• Endeavor Air operating as Delta Connection currently operates Canadair CRJ-200 regional jet flights to Minneapolis/St.
• The airport's main runway was an alternative landing site for NASA's Space Shuttle orbiter.
• The closest airport to Lincoln Airport (LNK) is Beatrice Municipal Airport (BIE), which is located 38 miles (61 kilometers) S of LNK.
• Lincoln Airport (LNK) has 3 runways.
• 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.
• In 2005, Northwest Airlines offered service to Memphis, but discontinued the route within nine months.
• Lincoln Airport was featured in the 2013 Walt Disney Pictures movie - Planes.
• During the 1960s, the two primary air carriers providing scheduled passenger service into Lincoln were United Airlines and the original Frontier Airlines.
• SkyWest Airlines operating as United Express currently operates Canadair CRJ-200 regional jet flights to Denver on behalf of United Airlines.
• Lincoln Airport covers 5,000 acres at an elevation of 1,219 feet.

Facts about Ålesund Airport, Vigra (AES):

• Norwegian Air Shuttle to Trondheim-Værnes, Bergen-Flesland
• The closest airport to Ålesund Airport, Vigra (AES) is Ørsta–Volda Airport, Hovden (HOV), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) S of AES.
• The furthest airport from Ålesund Airport, Vigra (AES) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,147 miles (17,940 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• Because of Ålesund Airport, Vigra's relatively low elevation of 70 feet, planes can take off or land at Ålesund Airport, Vigra 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.
• Ålesund Airport, Vigra handled 1,077,209 passengers last year.
• Today the airport is served by an increasing number of national and international carriers.
• In 1998 the new low-cost carrier Color Air started services to the new Oslo-Gardermoen.
• Ålesund Airport, Vigra (AES) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport is at an elevation of 70 feet above mean sea level.
• The current terminal was opened along with an extended runway in 1986, along with new underwater road tunnels to the main city of Ålesund.
• In addition to being known as "Ålesund Airport, Vigra", another name for AES is "Ålesund lufthavn, Vigra".