Nonstop flight route between Rygge (near Moss), Norway and Dayton, Ohio, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG), Rygge (near Moss), Norway and James M. Cox Dayton International Airport (DAY), Dayton, Ohio, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,063 miles (or 6,539 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 James M. Cox Dayton 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 Moss Airport, Rygge and James M. Cox Dayton 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 Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG):

• Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG) currently has only 1 runway.
• In November 2010, the instrument landing system was upgraded from Category I to Category II.
• In addition to being known as "Moss Airport, Rygge", another name for RYG is "Moss lufthavn, Rygge".
• On 2 March, the Thon Group purchased 40% of the company.
• 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.
• On 8 October 1998, the main airport serving Oslo and Eastern Norway was moved from Oslo Airport, Fornebu to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen.
• The first aerodrome at Rygge was built in 1942 and 1943, but was located about 2 kilometers west from the current runway.
• Moss Airport, Rygge handled 1,667,705 passengers last year.
• 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, Rygge was, with 24,400 passengers, larger than Torp in domestic traffic.
• The closest airport to Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG) is Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) SW of RYG.

Facts about James M. Cox Dayton International Airport (DAY):

• Today the airport covers over 4,500 acres, and has about 4.7 miles of runway.
• In August 1928 a property in Vandalia, Ohio was called the "Dayton Airport".
• Dayton International Airport handled 2,607,528 passengers in 2012 and made 57,914 combined take offs and landings in 2012.
• The closest airport to James M. Cox Dayton International Airport (DAY) is Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (FFO), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) ESE of DAY.
• The airport broke ground in April 2009 for a new multi-level parking garage, which opened in the summer of 2010.
• The furthest airport from James M. Cox Dayton International Airport (DAY) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,296 miles (18,178 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• For 2012, the airport reported 102,700 departures.
• James M. Cox Dayton International Airport (DAY) has 3 runways.
• The airport was a hub for Piedmont Airlines from July 1, 1982 until its merger with US Airways, which continued the Dayton hub for a year or two.