Nonstop flight route between Rygge (near Moss), Norway and Charlotte, North Carolina, United States:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from RYG to QWG:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- RYG Airport Information
- QWG Airport Information
- Facts about RYG
- Facts about QWG
- Map of Nearest Airports to RYG
- List of Nearest Airports to RYG
- Map of Furthest Airports from RYG
- List of Furthest Airports from RYG
- Map of Nearest Airports to QWG
- List of Nearest Airports to QWG
- Map of Furthest Airports from QWG
- List of Furthest Airports from QWG
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG), Rygge (near Moss), Norway and Wilgrove Air Park (QWG), Charlotte, North Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,211 miles (or 6,777 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 Wilgrove Air Park, 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 Wilgrove Air Park. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | RYG / ENRY |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Rygge (near Moss), Norway |
GPS Coordinates: | 59°22'44"N by 10°47'8"E |
Area Served: | Moss / Oslo, Norway |
Operator/Owner: | Royal Norwegian Air Force |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 173 feet (53 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from RYG |
More Information: | RYG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | QWG / |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°12'50"N by 80°40'12"W |
Area Served: | Charlotte, North Carolina |
Operator/Owner: | Wilgrove Investments, LLC |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 799 feet (244 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from QWG |
More Information: | QWG Maps & Info |
Facts about Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG):
- 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.
- In October and November, Ryanair established itself at the airport, and started flights to Alicante, Barcelona, Brussels, Bremen, Madrid, Milano and London.
- 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.
- On 12 January 2000, Københavns Lufthavne, which operates among other things Copenhagen Airport, bought 33.3% of the shares in Rygge Sivile Lufthavn.
- 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 addition to being known as "Moss Airport, Rygge", another name for RYG is "Moss lufthavn, Rygge".
- From 1 September, Widerøe terminated its Copenhagen route, while Norwegian terminated its London service.
- Moss Airport, Rygge is a base for Ryanair,.
- The airport was opened on 5 October 2007.
- Moss Airport, Rygge handled 1,667,705 passengers last year.
Facts about Wilgrove Air Park (QWG):
- Because of Wilgrove Air Park's relatively low elevation of 799 feet, planes can take off or land at Wilgrove Air Park 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 Wilgrove Air Park (QWG) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,536 miles (18,566 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to Wilgrove Air Park (QWG) is Concord Regional Airport (USA), which is located only 12 miles (20 kilometers) N of QWG.
- In addition to being known as "Wilgrove Air Park", another name for QWG is "8A6".
- Wilgrove Air Park (QWG) currently has only 1 runway.