Nonstop flight route between Mayagüez, Puerto Rico and Oslo, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Eugenio María de Hostos Airport (MAZ), Mayagüez, Puerto Rico and Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed ) (FBU), Oslo, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,710 miles (or 7,579 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 Eugenio María de Hostos Airport and Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed ), 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 Eugenio María de Hostos Airport and Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed ). You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Eugenio María de Hostos Airport (MAZ):

• Eugenio María de Hostos Airport handled 12,568 passengers last year.
• Although the airport has always been a turbo-prop aircraft airport, Pan Am announced, in 2002, intentions to install jet flights between Mayagüez and Las Américas International Airport in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, with Boeing 727s.
• Because of Eugenio María de Hostos Airport's relatively low elevation of 28 feet, planes can take off or land at Eugenio María de Hostos 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.
• The furthest airport from Eugenio María de Hostos Airport (MAZ) is Barrow Island Airport (BWB), which is nearly antipodal to Eugenio María de Hostos Airport (meaning Eugenio María de Hostos Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Barrow Island Airport), and is located 12,192 miles (19,620 kilometers) away in Barrow Island, Western Australia, Australia.
• Eugenio María de Hostos Airport (MAZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport was served heavily by the Puerto Rican national air carrier, Prinair, during the 1970s and early 1980s.
• Eugenio María de Hostos Airport is a small public use airport located three nautical miles north of the central business district of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
• The closest airport to Eugenio María de Hostos Airport (MAZ) is Rafael Hernández Airport (BQN), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) N of MAZ.

Facts about Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed ) (FBU):

• The closest airport to Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed ) (FBU) is Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) NE of FBU.
• In 1996, the airport had 170,823 aircraft movement and 10,072,054 passengers, making it the busiest airport in the country.
• In 1953, work started with expanding the north–south runway to 1,800 metres and building a new east–west runway which also was to become 1,800 metres.
• Because of Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed )'s relatively low elevation of 56 feet, planes can take off or land at Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed ) 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.
• It was the Municipality of Oslo which built the airport, having bought the land from the Municipality of Bærum.
• The furthest airport from Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed ) (FBU) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,288 miles (18,165 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Norsk Air started serving Fornebu following the opening of Fagernes Airport, Leirin in 1987.
• Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed ) handled 10,072,054 passengers last year.
• In 1947, Icelandair started flights to Reykjavík and the same year British European Airways transferred its London route from Gardermoen to Fornebu.
• In addition to being known as "Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed )", another name for FBU is "Oslo lufthavn, Fornebu".
• Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed ) (FBU) has 2 runways.