Nonstop flight route between Røst, Nordland, Norway and New York City, New York, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Røst Airport (RET), Røst, Nordland, Norway and John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), New York City, New York, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,558 miles (or 5,725 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 Røst Airport and John F. Kennedy International 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 Røst Airport and John F. Kennedy International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Røst Airport (RET):

• In addition to being known as "Røst Airport", another name for RET is "Røst lufthavn".
• Plans for an airport with short take-off and landing flights was launched by the government in December 1983.
• Røst Airport handled 14,267 passengers last year.
• The airport is served twice daily with a de Havilland Canada DHC-8-100 Dash 8 by Widerøe.
• Because of Røst Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Røst 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 Røst Airport (RET) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 10,776 miles (17,343 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Røst Airport (RET) is Værøy Heliport (VRY), which is located only 19 miles (30 kilometers) ENE of RET.
• One of the helicopters was bought by Widerøe in December 1976 and the operations were subcontracted to Offshore Helicopters.
• On 1 April 2003, Kato Air took over the Bodø–Røst route, using Dornier Do 228 aircraft.

Facts about John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK):

• JFK has over 25 miles of taxiways to move aircraft in and around the airfield.
• Because of John F. Kennedy International Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at John F. Kennedy International 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 Port Authority leased the airport property from the City of New York in 1947 and maintains this lease today.
• The furthest airport from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,764 miles (18,933 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Terminal 2 opened in 1962 as the home of Northeast Airlines, Braniff and Northwest Airlines, and is now exclusively used and operated by Delta Air Lines.
• The closest airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) is Flushing Airport (closed 1984) (FLU), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) NNW of JFK.
• John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) has 4 runways.
• Airlines began scheduling jets into JFK in 1958–59.
• Terminal 4 is able to handle the Airbus A380 and was developed by LCOR, Inc and is managed by JFK International Air Terminal LLC, a subsidiary of the Schiphol Group.
• John F. Kennedy International Airport handled 50,423,765 passengers last year.
• The Avro Jetliner landed at JFK on April 18, 1950 and maybe in January 1951.