Nonstop flight route between Medina, Saudi Arabia and Oslo, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport (MED), Medina, Saudi Arabia and Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed ) (FBU), Oslo, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,811 miles (or 4,524 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 Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International 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 Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International 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 Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport (MED):

• Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport (MED) has 2 runways.
• Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport or Prince Mohammad Airport is a regional airport in Medina.
• The furthest airport from Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport (MED) is Tureira Airport (ZTA), which is nearly antipodal to Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport (meaning Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Tureira Airport), and is located 12,153 miles (19,559 kilometers) away in Tureia, Tuamotus, French Polynesia.
• The closest airport to Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport (MED) is Yanbu International Airport (YNB), which is located 107 miles (172 kilometers) WSW of MED.
• Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport handled 1,592,000 passengers last year.
• On 5 January 2014, a Saudia Boeing 767-300, flight SV2841 from Mashhad, Iran made an emergency landing after one of its main landing gear failed to deploy.
• As with other regional airports in Saudi Arabia, it is modestly equipped with a simple, single-story terminal and a small parking apron.

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

• At the north part of the airport, located where the former main terminal was until 1964, were the offices of the Air Force and Fred.
• The closest airport to Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed ) (FBU) is Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) NE of FBU.
• 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.
• Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed ) (FBU) has 2 runways.
• Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed ) handled 10,072,054 passengers last year.
• Since Fornebu is located on a peninsula, all transport to the airport needed to go via Lysaker.
• In addition to being known as "Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed )", another name for FBU is "Oslo lufthavn, Fornebu".
• In May 1945, as German forces were ousted from Norway, the airport was taken over by the Allies and the Royal Norwegian Air Force.
• In 1947, Icelandair started flights to Reykjavík and the same year British European Airways transferred its London route from Gardermoen to Fornebu.
• During the 1980s, the airport was again deemed too small.
• In 1996, the airport had 170,823 aircraft movement and 10,072,054 passengers, making it the busiest airport in the country.
• Oslo Airport, Fornebu was the main airport serving Oslo and Eastern Norway from 1 June 1939 to 7 October 1998.
• 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.
• It was the Municipality of Oslo which built the airport, having bought the land from the Municipality of Bærum.