Nonstop flight route between Bongor, Chad and Sandefjord / Stokke, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bongor Airport (OGR), Bongor, Chad and Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF), Sandefjord / Stokke, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,389 miles (or 5,454 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 Bongor 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 Bongor 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 Bongor Airport (OGR):

• Bongor Airport (OGR) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Bongor Airport (OGR) is Yagoua Airport (GXX), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) WNW of OGR.
• The furthest airport from Bongor Airport (OGR) is Manihiki Island Airport (MHX), which is nearly antipodal to Bongor Airport (meaning Bongor Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Manihiki Island Airport), and is located 12,191 miles (19,619 kilometers) away in Manihiki Island, Cook Islands.

Facts about Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF):

• On 1 April 1997, the European aviation market was fully deregulated, and concession was no longer needed to fly internationally between countries within the European Economic Area.
• In addition to being known as "Sandefjord Airport, Torp", another name for TRF is "Sandefjord lufthavn, Torp".
• Sandefjord Airport, Torp handled 1,345,732 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF) is Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) NE of TRF.
• On 3 November 1996, ConTigo started chater flights using Boeing 727, but terminated services after 22 December.
• 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.
• Closer investigations of Jarlsberg showed that the airport was not suitable for expansion.
• The first civilian aircraft to land was a Douglas DC-3 from Fred Olsen Air Transport in 1958.
• In 1985, the airport made a NOK 2.1 million profit.
• Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.