Nonstop flight route between Namsos, Norway and St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Namsos Airport (OSY), Namsos, Norway and RAF Leuchars (ADX), St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 742 miles (or 1,195 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 Namsos Airport and RAF Leuchars, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Namsos Airport (OSY):

• The closest airport to Namsos Airport (OSY) is Rørvik Airport, Ryum (RVK), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) NNW of OSY.
• Namsos Airport handled 25,684 passengers last year.
• Namsos Airport (OSY) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Namsos Airport", another name for OSY is "Namsos lufthavn".
• Because of Namsos Airport's relatively low elevation of 8 feet, planes can take off or land at Namsos 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 Namsos Airport (OSY) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,975 miles (17,663 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.

Facts about RAF Leuchars (ADX):

• A third Panavia Tornado F3 Squadron, No.
• Approximately 45,000 people attended the 2010 show to see displays including the Red Arrows, Eurofighter Typhoon, and Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
• Like so many RAF stations, the airfield itself owes its existence to the stimulus of war, and work began on levelling the existing site on Reres Farm in 1916.
• Royal Air Force station Leuchars or more simply RAF Leuchars is the second most northerly air defence station in the United Kingdom.
• The closest airport to RAF Leuchars (ADX) is Dundee Airport (DND), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) NW of ADX.
• The furthest airport from RAF Leuchars (ADX) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,678 miles (18,793 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• As the Navy embraced the value of aviation, the aircraft carrier was added to its inventory.
• The Phantoms of 43 Squadron and 111 Squadron were replaced by Tornado F3s during 1989-1990s.