Nonstop flight route between Rygge (near Moss), Norway and Rovaniemi, Finland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG), Rygge (near Moss), Norway and Rovaniemi Airport (RVN), Rovaniemi, Finland would travel a Great Circle distance of 682 miles (or 1,097 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 relatively short distance between Moss Airport, Rygge and Rovaniemi Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG):

• Moss Airport, Rygge handled 1,667,705 passengers last year.
• From 1 September, Widerøe terminated its Copenhagen route, while Norwegian terminated its London service.
• In June 2002, Norwegian Air Shuttle stated that they would start flights from Rygge, should the airport be built.
• In January 2007, the charter operators Star Tour, Apollo and MyTravel Airways announced that they would start operating charter flights from 1 October.
• 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.
• In February 1999, Minister of Transport and Communications Dag Jostein Fjærvoll stated that he supported the opening of civilian traffic from Rygge.
• The runway is 2,442 meters long and 45 meters wide.
• Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG) currently has only 1 runway.
• The first aerodrome at Rygge was built in 1942 and 1943, but was located about 2 kilometers west from the current 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 a report published by the ministry in March 2004, it was estimated that the airport would have 700,000 to 800,000 passengers per year, making it the eighth largest in the country, and could have 1.3 million passengers by 2030.
• The first Norwegian Air Shuttle plane took off at the 14 February 2008 heading for Budapest.
• 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.
• Moss Airport, Rygge, also known as Rygge Airport or Oslo Airport, Rygge, is an international airport serving Moss, Oslo and Eastern Norway.

Facts about Rovaniemi Airport (RVN):

• Rovaniemi Airport handled 309,821 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Rovaniemi Airport", another name for RVN is "Rovaniemen lentoasema".
• Because of Rovaniemi Airport's relatively low elevation of 642 feet, planes can take off or land at Rovaniemi 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.
• Rovaniemi Airport (RVN) currently has only 1 runway.
• Rovaniemi Airport is one of three airports in Finland that has jet bridges.
• The airport was built in 1940 with two grass-surfaced runways.
• The furthest airport from Rovaniemi Airport (RVN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,658 miles (17,152 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Rovaniemi Airport (RVN) is Kemi-Tornio Airport (KEM), which is located 64 miles (103 kilometers) SSW of RVN.