Nonstop flight route between Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico and Kirkenes, Finnmark, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lázaro Cárdenas Airport (LZC), Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico and Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen (KKN), Kirkenes, Finnmark, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,945 miles (or 9,568 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 Lázaro Cárdenas Airport and Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen, 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 Lázaro Cárdenas Airport and Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Lázaro Cárdenas Airport (LZC):

• Lázaro Cárdenas Airport (LZC) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Lázaro Cárdenas Airport (LZC) is Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo International Airport (ZIH), which is located 57 miles (92 kilometers) ESE of LZC.
• The furthest airport from Lázaro Cárdenas Airport (LZC) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,487 miles (18,486 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Because of Lázaro Cárdenas Airport's relatively low elevation of 39 feet, planes can take off or land at Lázaro Cárdenas 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 Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen (KKN):

• Service between Kirkenes and Murmansk Airport were initiated by SAS Commuter in 1990, but the airline quickly terminated the service.Aeroflot started two weekly services between Kirkenes and Murmansk and onwards to Arkhangelsk Airport in June 1990.
• Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen handled 297,149 passengers last year.
• SAS Commuter was established in 1988 and started operations in Northern Norway in May 1990.
• The runway is located southwest–northeast and is 2,015 by 45 meters.
• Planning for a new airport at Høybunktmoen was initiated by a committee established by the Ministry of Transport and Communications in 1947, and resulted in the National Plan of 1952.
• Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen (KKN) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen (KKN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,424 miles (16,775 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Avinor has also proposed lowering the terrain east of the airport.
• The closest airport to Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen (KKN) is Vadsø Airport (VDS), which is located 24 miles (38 kilometers) N of KKN.
• Because of Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen's relatively low elevation of 282 feet, planes can take off or land at Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen 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.
• In addition to being known as "Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen", another name for KKN is "Kirkenes lufthavn, Høybuktmoen".