Nonstop flight route between Lasham, England, United Kingdom and Sandefjord / Stokke, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lasham Airfield (QLA), Lasham, England, United Kingdom and Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF), Sandefjord / Stokke, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 708 miles (or 1,139 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 Lasham Airfield and Sandefjord Airport, Torp, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Lasham Airfield (QLA):

• In mid-1943, the airfield was transferred to RAF Fighter Command.
• 212 gliders are based at Lasham which are used by 666 members, plus social members.
• ATC Lasham has occasionally provided storage for redundant aircraft.
• The closest airport to Lasham Airfield (QLA) is RAF Odiham (ODH), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NE of QLA.
• The furthest airport from Lasham Airfield (QLA) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,896 miles (19,145 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• and can call on several privately owned tugs in busy periods.
• It was built in 1942 and was a RAF Station during the Second World War, many significant operations being flown from it.
• Lasham Airfield is located 3.6 miles north-west of Alton in Hampshire, England, in the village of Lasham.
• Because of Lasham Airfield's relatively low elevation of 618 feet, planes can take off or land at Lasham Airfield 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.
• Lasham Airfield (QLA) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF):

• Widerøe is the only airline to have an operative base at Torp.
• The closest airport to Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF) is Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) NE of TRF.
• Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF) currently has only 1 runway.
• In 1996, Torp had 158,972 passengers and the company lost NOK 1.3 million.
• Sandefjord Airport, Torp handled 1,345,732 passengers last year.
• 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.
• 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.
• On 3 November 1996, ConTigo started chater flights using Boeing 727, but terminated services after 22 December.
• Negotiations between NATO, the United States and Norway were initiated on 27 March 1951.
• In addition to being known as "Sandefjord Airport, Torp", another name for TRF is "Sandefjord lufthavn, Torp".
• The private placement in 1987 allowed sufficient financing of a new terminal building.
• Closer investigations of Jarlsberg showed that the airport was not suitable for expansion.
• On 26 March 1984, Busy Bee, Braathens SAFE's regional airline, started flights from Torp.