Nonstop flight route between Røros, Norway and Charleston, West Virginia, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Røros Airport (RRS), Røros, Norway and Yeager Airport (CRW), Charleston, West Virginia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,995 miles (or 6,429 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 Røros Airport and Yeager 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 Røros Airport and Yeager Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Røros Airport (RRS):

• The furthest airport from Røros Airport (RRS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,103 miles (17,868 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Røros Airport handled 17,416 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Røros Airport (RRS) is Trondheim Airport, Værnes (TRD), which is located 62 miles (100 kilometers) NNW of RRS.
• Various airlines have served Røros, the first scheduled flight was operated by Braathens SAFE on 18 July 1957 with a de Havilland Heron aircraft.
• The Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications attempted to find a replacement for Coast Air, contacting six different airlines.
• Røros Airport (RRS) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Yeager Airport (CRW):

• On July 13, 2009 Southwest Airlines Flight 2294 from Nashville International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport was forced to divert to Yeager Airport in Charleston, West Virginia after a hole formed on the top of the plane's fuselage near the tail resulting in depressurization of the cabin and deployment of the oxygen masks.
• On June 25, 2009 AirTran Airways began service from Charleston to Orlando.
• The furthest airport from Yeager Airport (CRW) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,458 miles (18,440 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Yeager Airport (CRW) is Raleigh County Memorial Airport (BKW), which is located 48 miles (77 kilometers) SSE of CRW.
• On February 27, 2008 Yeager's Governing Board voted to close the secondary runway, Rwy 15/33, to allow construction of two new hangars and ramp space for four more C-130s to be based at the Air National Guard facility.
• Because of Yeager Airport's relatively low elevation of 981 feet, planes can take off or land at Yeager 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.
• On July 28, 2010 a United Airlines Boeing 757 from Washington Dulles to San Diego was forced to divert to Yeager Airport in Charleston, West Virginia after smoke was detected in a restroom.
• Yeager Airport (CRW) has 2 runways.