Nonstop flight route between Rygge (near Moss), Norway and Mesquite, Nevada, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG), Rygge (near Moss), Norway and Mesquite Airport (MFH), Mesquite, Nevada, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,083 miles (or 8,180 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 Mesquite 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 Mesquite 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):

• The runway is 2,442 meters long and 45 meters wide.
• 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.
• The airport opened on 8 October 2007, but did not officially open until 14 February 2008, when regular scheduled services started.
• On 8 October 1998, the main airport serving Oslo and Eastern Norway was moved from Oslo Airport, Fornebu to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen.
• Moss Airport, Rygge handled 1,667,705 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Moss Airport, Rygge", another name for RYG is "Moss lufthavn, Rygge".
• The airport was opened on 5 October 2007.
• In June 2002, Norwegian Air Shuttle stated that they would start flights from Rygge, should the airport be built.
• 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.
• 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 (RYG) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG) is Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) SW of RYG.
• In October and November, Ryanair established itself at the airport, and started flights to Alicante, Barcelona, Brussels, Bremen, Madrid, Milano and London.
• In February 1999, Minister of Transport and Communications Dag Jostein Fjærvoll stated that he supported the opening of civilian traffic from Rygge.

Facts about Mesquite Airport (MFH):

• In addition to being known as "Mesquite Airport", another name for MFH is "67L".
• The closest airport to Mesquite Airport (MFH) is St. George Municipal Airport (relocated 2011) (SGU), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) NE of MFH.
• Mesquite Airport (MFH) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Mesquite Airport (MFH) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,247 miles (18,100 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Mesquite Airport covers an area of 155 acres at an elevation of 1,978 feet above mean sea level.