Nonstop flight route between Arua, Uganda and Oslo, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Arua Airport (RUA), Arua, Uganda and Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed ) (FBU), Oslo, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,072 miles (or 6,554 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 Arua Airport and Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed ), 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 Arua Airport and Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed ). You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Arua Airport (RUA):

• Arua Airport (RUA) currently has only 1 runway.
• In July 2009 the Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda, which owns and operates Arua Airport, publicly announced that it had started to upgrade the airport to International standards.
• The closest airport to Arua Airport (RUA) is Kabalega Falls Airport (KBG), which is located 64 miles (103 kilometers) SE of RUA.
• The furthest airport from Arua Airport (RUA) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,769 miles (18,940 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.

Facts about Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed ) (FBU):

• The closest airport to Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed ) (FBU) is Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) NE of FBU.
• Because of Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed )'s relatively low elevation of 56 feet, planes can take off or land at Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed ) 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 Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed ) (FBU) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,288 miles (18,165 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed )", another name for FBU is "Oslo lufthavn, Fornebu".
• Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed ) (FBU) has 2 runways.
• Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( Closed ) handled 10,072,054 passengers last year.
• In 1971, a state committee recommended that Gardermoen be expanded to take a larger share of the traffic from Fornebu.
• Following Norway joining the European Economic Area, the airline industry was deregulated, allowing any airline from any EEA member country to make domestic or international flights to Norway.
• The airport opened as a combined sea and land airport, serving both domestic and international destinations.
• Braathens SAFE's first domestic service was via Tønsberg Airport, Jarlsberg to Stavanger, and later a route to Trondheim.
• Aviation in Oslo started in 1909, when Carl Cederström of Sweden made exhibition flights from fields at Etterstad.
• The first aircraft to land at Fornebu was a Junkers Ju 52, operated by Lufthansa, in September 1938.
• It was the Municipality of Oslo which built the airport, having bought the land from the Municipality of Bærum.