Nonstop flight route between Ullensaker (near Oslo), Norway and Qianjiang, Chongqing, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL), Ullensaker (near Oslo), Norway and Qianjiang Wulingshan Airport (JIQ), Qianjiang, Chongqing, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,721 miles (or 7,598 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 Qianjiang Wulingshan 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 Qianjiang Wulingshan 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 closest airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL) is Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed ) (FBU), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) SW of OSL.
• In 1972, capacity restraints forced the authorities to move all charter traffic from Fornebu to Gardermoen.
• The airport is owned by Oslo Lufthavn AS, a limited company wholly owned by Avinor, a state-owned company responsible for operating 46 Norwegian airports.
• The airlines needed to build their own facilities at Gardermoen.
• In addition to being known as "Oslo Airport, Gardermoen", another name for OSL is "Oslo lufthavn".
• 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.
• About half the airport operator's income is from retail revenue.
• Oslo Airport, Gardermoen handled 22,956,540 passengers last year.
• Gardermoen had been proposed as a main airport for Oslo and Eastern Norway as early as 1946, both by the local newspaper Romerikes Blad and by Ludvig G.
• Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL) has 2 runways.

Facts about Qianjiang Wulingshan Airport (JIQ):

• The furthest airport from Qianjiang Wulingshan Airport (JIQ) is La Florida Airport (LSC), which is nearly antipodal to Qianjiang Wulingshan Airport (meaning Qianjiang Wulingshan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from La Florida Airport), and is located 12,409 miles (19,971 kilometers) away in La Serena, Chile.
• In addition to being known as "Qianjiang Wulingshan Airport", other names for JIQ include "黔江武陵山机场", "Qiánjiāng Wǔlíngshān Jīchǎng" and "ZUQJ".
• The closest airport to Qianjiang Wulingshan Airport (JIQ) is Enshi Xujiaping Airport (ENH), which is located 68 miles (109 kilometers) NE of JIQ.