Nonstop flight route between Leadville, Colorado, United States and Notodden, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lake County Airport (LXV), Leadville, Colorado, United States and Notodden Airport, Tuven (NTB), Notodden, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,692 miles (or 7,551 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 Lake County Airport and Notodden Airport, Tuven, 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 Lake County Airport and Notodden Airport, Tuven. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Lake County Airport (LXV):

• Lake County Airport covers an area of 605 acres.
• The furthest airport from Lake County Airport (LXV) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,958 miles (17,635 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The highest helicopter flight training school in the world, RAVCO, operates out of the Lake County Airport.
• The closest airport to Lake County Airport (LXV) is Aspen–Pitkin County Airport (ASE), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) W of LXV.
• Lake County Airport (LXV) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Lake County Airport's high elevation of 9,927 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at LXV. Combined with a high temperature, this could make LXV a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• In addition to being known as "Lake County Airport", another name for LXV is "Leadville Airport".

Facts about Notodden Airport, Tuven (NTB):

• Notodden Airport, Tuven (NTB) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport was opened in 1955, and the following year Braathens SAFE started services to Oslo and Stavanger.
• In 1979, Det Norske Helikoperskole started Norway's first helicopter pilot school at the airport.
• The airport is operated by the limited company Notodden Lufthavn AS, which is again owned by Notodden Municipality.
• The closest airport to Notodden Airport, Tuven (NTB) is Skien Airport, Geiteryggen (SKE), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) SSE of NTB.
• Notodden Airport, Tuven handled 3,423 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Notodden Airport, Tuven (NTB) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,322 miles (18,222 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• General aviation activities at the airport gradually increased.
• Braathens SAFE started test flights on 14 March 1956, with the service taking 20 minutes from Oslo Airport, Fornebu.
• In addition to being known as "Notodden Airport, Tuven", another name for NTB is "Notodden flyplass, Tuven".
• Because of Notodden Airport, Tuven's relatively low elevation of 62 feet, planes can take off or land at Notodden Airport, Tuven 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.