Nonstop flight route between Sal Island, Cape Verde and Kristiansund, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Amílcar Cabral International Airport (SID), Sal Island, Cape Verde and Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget (KSU), Kristiansund, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,525 miles (or 5,673 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 Amílcar Cabral International Airport and Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget, 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 Amílcar Cabral International Airport and Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Amílcar Cabral International Airport (SID):

• In addition to being known as "Amílcar Cabral International Airport", another name for SID is "Aeroporto Internacional Amílcar Cabral".
• The furthest airport from Amílcar Cabral International Airport (SID) is Bellona/Anua Airport (BNY), which is nearly antipodal to Amílcar Cabral International Airport (meaning Amílcar Cabral International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Bellona/Anua Airport), and is located 12,018 miles (19,341 kilometers) away in Anua, Bellona Island, Solomon Islands.
• Amílcar Cabral International Airport handled 576 passengers last year.
• Amílcar Cabral International Airport (SID) has 2 runways.
• Amílcar Cabral has one terminal.
• Because of Amílcar Cabral International Airport's relatively low elevation of 177 feet, planes can take off or land at Amílcar Cabral International 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.
• The airport's main runway is 3,272m and is the longest in Cape Verde.
• The closest airport to Amílcar Cabral International Airport (SID) is Aristides Pereira International Airport (BVC), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) S of SID.
• The first airport on Sal Island was built in 1939 by Italy, as a fuel and provisions stopping-point on routes from Rome to South America.

Facts about Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget (KSU):

• Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget (KSU) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget (KSU) is Molde Airport, Årø (MOL), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) SW of KSU.
• In addition to being known as "Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget", other names for KSU include "Kristiansund lufthavn, Kvernberget" and "Kristiansund/Kvernberget Airport".
• Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget handled 359,968 passengers last year.
• In 2006 an upgrade of the terminal was completed, and by the end of the year a new duty-free store will be finished.
• Because of Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget's relatively low elevation of 204 feet, planes can take off or land at Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget 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 Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget (KSU) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,092 miles (17,851 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.