Nonstop flight route between Rygge (near Moss), Norway and Apalachicola, Florida, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG), Rygge (near Moss), Norway and Apalachicola Regional Airport (AAF), Apalachicola, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,667 miles (or 7,511 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 Moss Airport, Rygge and Apalachicola Regional 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 Moss Airport, Rygge and Apalachicola Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG):

• Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Moss Airport, Rygge's relatively low elevation of 173 feet, planes can take off or land at Moss Airport, Rygge 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.
• In January 2007, the charter operators Star Tour, Apollo and MyTravel Airways announced that they would start operating charter flights from 1 October.
• In June 2002, Norwegian Air Shuttle stated that they would start flights from Rygge, should the airport be built.
• In addition to being known as "Moss Airport, Rygge", another name for RYG is "Moss lufthavn, Rygge".
• The closest airport to Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG) is Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) SW of RYG.
• Moss Airport, Rygge handled 1,667,705 passengers last year.
• In November 2010, the instrument landing system was upgraded from Category I to Category II.
• In January, Rygge was, with 24,400 passengers, larger than Torp in domestic traffic.
• The furthest airport from Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,319 miles (18,216 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.

Facts about Apalachicola Regional Airport (AAF):

• In addition to being known as "Apalachicola Regional Airport", another name for AAF is "(former Apalachicola AAF)".
• The current airport was originally constructed in 1939 by the Army Air Corps.
• The closest airport to Apalachicola Regional Airport (AAF) is Tyndall Air Force Base (PAM), which is located 41 miles (66 kilometers) NW of AAF.
• The furthest airport from Apalachicola Regional Airport (AAF) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,271 miles (18,139 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• Apalachicola Regional Airport (AAF) has 3 runways.
• Because of Apalachicola Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 20 feet, planes can take off or land at Apalachicola 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.
• Apalachicola Regional Airport is a county owned, public use airport located two nautical miles west of the central business district of Apalachicola, a city in Franklin County, Florida, United States.