Nonstop flight route between May Creek, Alaska, United States and Sandefjord / Stokke, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between May Creek Airport (MYK), May Creek, Alaska, United States and Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF), Sandefjord / Stokke, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,985 miles (or 6,413 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 May Creek Airport and Sandefjord Airport, Torp, 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 May Creek Airport and Sandefjord Airport, Torp. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about May Creek Airport (MYK):

• May Creek Airport has one runway designated 13/31 with a turf and gravel surface measuring 2,700 by 100 feet.
• As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 28 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 18 enplanements in 2009, and 8 in 2010.
• May Creek Airport (MYK) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from May Creek Airport (MYK) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,477 miles (16,861 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
• The closest airport to May Creek Airport (MYK) is McCarthy Airport (MXY), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) NW of MYK.

Facts about Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF):

• The closest airport to Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF) is Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) NE of TRF.
• Sandefjord Airport, Torp handled 1,345,732 passengers last year.
• In 1996, Torp had 158,972 passengers and the company lost NOK 1.3 million.
• Because of Sandefjord Airport, Torp's relatively low elevation of 285 feet, planes can take off or land at Sandefjord Airport, Torp 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 first civilian aircraft to land was a Douglas DC-3 from Fred Olsen Air Transport in 1958.
• The private placement in 1987 allowed sufficient financing of a new terminal building.
• In addition to being known as "Sandefjord Airport, Torp", another name for TRF is "Sandefjord lufthavn, Torp".
• Even though it is more than twice as far, 118 km, from Oslo as Gardermoen, Oslo's principal airport, and it lacks high-speed rail transport to Oslo, the low-cost airlines market Sandefjord as Oslo-Torp or Oslo-Sandefjord.
• The furthest airport from Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,337 miles (18,245 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Negotiations between NATO, the United States and Norway were initiated on 27 March 1951.
• Widerøe has the largest maintenance facility at Torp, providing full maintenance for the airlines own fleet of Dash 8 series 100, 300, and 400 aircraft.
• Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF) currently has only 1 runway.