Nonstop flight route between Mosjøen, Norway and Upington, South Africa:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mosjøen Airport, Kjærstad (MJF), Mosjøen, Norway and Upington Airport (UTN), Upington, South Africa would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,522 miles (or 10,496 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 Mosjøen Airport, Kjærstad and Upington Airport, 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 Mosjøen Airport, Kjærstad and Upington Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Mosjøen Airport, Kjærstad (MJF):

• Mosjøen Airport, Kjærstad handled 60,887 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Mosjøen Airport, Kjærstad (MJF) is Sandnessjøen Airport, Stokka (SSJ), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) WNW of MJF.
• Mosjøen Airport, Kjærstad is a regional airport serving Mosjøen in Nordland, Norway.
• Because of Mosjøen Airport, Kjærstad's relatively low elevation of 240 feet, planes can take off or land at Mosjøen Airport, Kjærstad 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.
• Mosjøen Airport, Kjærstad (MJF) currently has only 1 runway.
• In 2002 the Ministry of Transport launched an idea of merging the three airports serving Northern Helgeland, Mosjøen Airport, Sandnessjøen Airport and Mo i Rana Airport into a new airport at Drevjadalen in Vefsn, 15 km north of Mosjøen.
• The furthest airport from Mosjøen Airport, Kjærstad (MJF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,875 miles (17,501 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Mosjøen Airport, Kjærstad", another name for MJF is "Mosjøen lufthavn, Kjærstad".

Facts about Upington Airport (UTN):

• Many major car manufacturers bring their cars and commercial vehicles to Upington to test them in the hot dry and sunny conditions.
• The closest airport to Upington Airport (UTN) is Johan Pienaar Airport (KMH), which is located 147 miles (236 kilometers) ENE of UTN.
• The furthest airport from Upington Airport (UTN) is Princeville Airport (HPV), which is nearly antipodal to Upington Airport (meaning Upington Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Princeville Airport), and is located 12,007 miles (19,323 kilometers) away in Hanalei, Hawaii, United States.
• Upington Airport (UTN) has 3 runways.
• Upington Airport's runway was built to accommodate a Boeing 747 with a full load of passengers, cargo and fuel, so that it could take off for Europe without having to stop along the way.
• Upington Airport is an airport located in Upington, Northern Cape, South Africa.
• As well as improvements to the airport itself, ACSA will be preparing land around the airport for development to support the inevitable boost to the local economy.