Nonstop flight route between Moree, New South Wales, Australia and Rygge (near Moss), Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Moree Airport (MRZ), Moree, New South Wales, Australia and Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG), Rygge (near Moss), Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,628 miles (or 15,494 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 Moree Airport and Moss Airport, Rygge, 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 Moree Airport and Moss Airport, Rygge. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Moree Airport (MRZ):

• Before 30 March 2013, Moree had been served by up to 20 weekly QantasLink flights to Sydney, using Bombardier Dash 8 turboprop airliners.
• Because of Moree Airport's relatively low elevation of 701 feet, planes can take off or land at Moree 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 Moree Airport (MRZ) is Santa Maria Airport (SMA), which is located 11,846 miles (19,064 kilometers) away in Santa Maria, Portugal.
• The closest airport to Moree Airport (MRZ) is Goondiwindi Airport (GOO), which is located 73 miles (118 kilometers) NNE of MRZ.
• Moree Airport handled 28,243 passengers last year.
• Moree Airport (MRZ) has 2 runways.
• On the evening of 30 March 2011, a privately operated Piper PA-32R struck trees and crashed approximately 550 m short of the threshold on approach to runway 19.
• The small passenger terminal and apron are located on the eastern side of the airport, with road access off the Newell Highway.

Facts about Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG):

• Because of Moss Airport, Rygge's relatively low elevation of 173 feet, planes can take off or land at Moss Airport, Rygge 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 Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,319 miles (18,216 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG) currently has only 1 runway.
• Norwegian Air Shuttle established a base at Rygge on 14 February 2008, with a second aircraft being stationed at the airport from 13 March.
• In 2009, the airport company lost NOK 102 million.
• Københavns Lufthavne sold its ownership in the company during 2004, because they were not satisfied with the progress.
• Moss Airport, Rygge handled 1,667,705 passengers last year.
• The airport was opened on 5 October 2007.
• In October and November, Ryanair established itself at the airport, and started flights to Alicante, Barcelona, Brussels, Bremen, Madrid, Milano and London.
• The closest airport to Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG) is Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) SW of RYG.
• In addition to being known as "Moss Airport, Rygge", another name for RYG is "Moss lufthavn, Rygge".
• In June 2002, Norwegian Air Shuttle stated that they would start flights from Rygge, should the airport be built.
• Moss Airport, Rygge is located 67 kilometers from Oslo.
• On 2 March, the Thon Group purchased 40% of the company.