Nonstop flight route between Lewiston, Idaho, United States and Gloppen, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport (LWS), Lewiston, Idaho, United States and Sandane Airport, Anda (SDN), Gloppen, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,325 miles (or 6,961 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 Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport and Sandane Airport, Anda, 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 Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport and Sandane Airport, Anda. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport (LWS):

• The airport began as a Chamber of Commerce project in 1931, and the original runway was paved in 1942.
• The closest airport to Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport (LWS) is Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport (PUW), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) N of LWS.
• This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport.
• Lewiston was served by West Coast Airlines Fairchild F-27s during the 1960s.
• The furthest airport from Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport (LWS) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,717 miles (17,248 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• The short-lived Gem State Airlines of Coeur d'Alene served Lewiston for 11 months, until November 1979.Mountain West Airlines of Boise served Lewiston for less than three months before folding in early March 1981.Big Sky Airlines of Billings briefly served Lewiston in 1979.
• Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport (LWS) has 2 runways.
• Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport covers an area of 865 acres at an elevation of 1,442 feet above sea level.

Facts about Sandane Airport, Anda (SDN):

• Sandane Airport, Anda is an airport in Gloppen municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.
• The closest airport to Sandane Airport, Anda (SDN) is Ørsta–Volda Airport, Hovden (HOV), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) N of SDN.
• In 2009, the travel magazine Travel and Leisure claimed Sandane to be one of the 17 scariest runways in the world.
• Because of Sandane Airport, Anda's relatively low elevation of 196 feet, planes can take off or land at Sandane Airport, Anda 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.
• Sandane Airport, Anda (SDN) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Sandane Airport, Anda (SDN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,187 miles (18,004 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The upgrades in 2010 also provided safety zones at the runway and improved approach instrumentation.
• Sandane Airport, Anda handled 36,491 passengers last year.