Nonstop flight route between Ullensaker (near Oslo), Norway and Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL), Ullensaker (near Oslo), Norway and Flying Cloud Airport (FCM), Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,038 miles (or 6,499 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 Oslo Airport, Gardermoen and Flying Cloud 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 Oslo Airport, Gardermoen and Flying Cloud Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL):

• The airport is located 19 nautical miles northeast of Oslo, at Gardermoen in the municipality of Ullensaker, in Akershus county.
• The closest airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL) is Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed ) (FBU), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) SW of OSL.
• Because of Oslo Airport, Gardermoen's relatively low elevation of 681 feet, planes can take off or land at Oslo Airport, Gardermoen 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 Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,261 miles (18,123 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Parliament decided to build a high-speed airport rail link from Oslo to Gardermoen.
• The passenger terminal covers 148,000 square metres and is 819 metres long.
• Oslo Airport, Gardermoen handled 22,956,540 passengers last year.
• The Norwegian–Danish army started using Gardermoen as a camp in 1740, although it was called Fredericksfeldt until 1788.
• There are three deicing platforms.
• Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Oslo Airport, Gardermoen", another name for OSL is "Oslo lufthavn".
• To minimize the effect of using state grants to invest in Eastern Norway, parliament decided that the construction and operation of the airport was to be done by an independent limited company that would be wholly owned by the Civil Airport Administration.

Facts about Flying Cloud Airport (FCM):

• Because of Flying Cloud Airport's relatively low elevation of 906 feet, planes can take off or land at Flying Cloud 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 Flying Cloud Airport (FCM) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,748 miles (17,297 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Flying Cloud Airport (FCM) is Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport Wold–Chamberlain Airport (MSP), which is located only 12 miles (20 kilometers) ENE of FCM.
• Flying Cloud Airport (FCM) has 3 runways.