Nonstop flight route between Odiham, United Kingdom and Rygge (near Moss), Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Odiham (ODH), Odiham, United Kingdom and Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG), Rygge (near Moss), Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 725 miles (or 1,168 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 relatively short distance between RAF Odiham and Moss Airport, Rygge, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about RAF Odiham (ODH):

• The furthest airport from RAF Odiham (ODH) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,891 miles (19,137 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to RAF Odiham (ODH) is Lasham Airfield (QLA), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) SW of ODH.
• The Kestrel Gliding Club continues to fly from Odiham at weekends, having become part of the Royal Air Force Gliding and Soaring Association in 2006.
• After a short period in "care and maintenance" status the base was reopened as part of Transport Command.
• During the Second World War North American Mustangs and Hawker Typhoons were flown out of the base.

Facts about Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG):

• The airport is a joint military and civilian airport located in the municipality of Rygge, west of the lake Vansjø.
• On 8 October 1998, the main airport serving Oslo and Eastern Norway was moved from Oslo Airport, Fornebu to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen.
• 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 closest airport to Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG) is Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) SW of RYG.
• In October and November, Ryanair established itself at the airport, and started flights to Alicante, Barcelona, Brussels, Bremen, Madrid, Milano and London.
• 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.
• Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG) currently has only 1 runway.
• In January 2007, the charter operators Star Tour, Apollo and MyTravel Airways announced that they would start operating charter flights from 1 October.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Moss Airport, Rygge", another name for RYG is "Moss lufthavn, Rygge".
• The first aerodrome at Rygge was built in 1942 and 1943, but was located about 2 kilometers west from the current runway.