Nonstop flight route between Portsmouth, Ohio, United States and Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Greater Portsmouth Regional Airport (PMH), Portsmouth, Ohio, United States and Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS), Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,024 miles (or 6,476 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 Greater Portsmouth Regional Airport and Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik, 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 Greater Portsmouth Regional Airport and Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Greater Portsmouth Regional Airport (PMH):

• The closest airport to Greater Portsmouth Regional Airport (PMH) is Lawrence County Airpark (HTW), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) SSE of PMH.
• Greater Portsmouth Regional Airport (PMH) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport was constructed in the 1957 to replace another airport located in West Portsmouth, Ohio which was situated near the Ohio River.
• The furthest airport from Greater Portsmouth Regional Airport (PMH) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,385 miles (18,322 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Greater Portsmouth Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 663 feet, planes can take off or land at Greater Portsmouth Regional 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.

Facts about Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS):

• Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik is situated 4.3 NM northeast of the city Kristiansand, Vest-Agder in southern Norway, located 16 km from the city centre.
• Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik handled 1,065,615 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,423 miles (18,384 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• FlyNonstop introduced direct scheduled flights to/from London City Airport in April 2013, using a Dutch-registered Embraer 190 flown by Denim Air crews.
• A new control tower and a larger two-storey terminal have also been proposed.
• Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS) currently has only 1 runway.
• Bus service to Kristiansand, Lillesand, Grimstad, Arendal and Tveit is available.
• Because of Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik's relatively low elevation of 57 feet, planes can take off or land at Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik 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.
• When SAS Commuter closed down its Copenhagen route in 1994, Maersk Air started flying to Copenhagen itself, using Fokker F50 aircraft with three daily departures.
• In 1945, the Air Force moved its technical school to Kjevik.
• Avinor installed a 90 meters long section of engineered materials arrestor system at the end of each runway in 2012.
• The closest airport to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS) is Farsund Airport, Lista (FAN), which is located 54 miles (86 kilometers) W of KRS.
• In addition to being known as "Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik", another name for KRS is "Kristiansand lufthavn, Kjevik".