Nonstop flight route between Skien, Telemark, Norway and Middletown, Ohio, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Skien Airport, Geiteryggen (SKE), Skien, Telemark, Norway and Middletown Regional Airport (MWO), Middletown, Ohio, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,057 miles (or 6,528 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 Skien Airport, Geiteryggen and Middletown Regional 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 Skien Airport, Geiteryggen and Middletown Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Skien Airport, Geiteryggen (SKE):

• The closest airport to Skien Airport, Geiteryggen (SKE) is Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) E of SKE.
• The furthest airport from Skien Airport, Geiteryggen (SKE) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,344 miles (18,257 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Skien Airport, Geiteryggen handled 46,995 passengers last year.
• The domestic aviation market was deregulated in 1994 and Teddy Air stated competing with Air Stord on the Bergen route.
• Following an initiative from the municipality, the Kirkenes-based airline Norving announced in January 1975 their intention to operate between Geiteryggen and Oslo and establish a base at Geiteryggen.
• In addition to being known as "Skien Airport, Geiteryggen", another name for SKE is "Skien lufthavn, Geiteryggen".
• A major upgrade to the airport took place in 1985.
• Teddy Air was established in 1989 and began services from Skien to Fornebu the following year, initially using a Britten-Norman Islander.
• By October 2009 Vildanden owed Kontorbygg NOK 1.5 million in airport fees.
• Because of Skien Airport, Geiteryggen's relatively low elevation of 463 feet, planes can take off or land at Skien Airport, Geiteryggen 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.
• Coast Aero Center received permission to fly from Stord Airport, Sørstokken via Skien to Oslo in 1987.

Facts about Middletown Regional Airport (MWO):

• The closest airport to Middletown Regional Airport (MWO) is Dayton–Wright Brothers Airport (MGY), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) ENE of MWO.
• Because of Middletown Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 650 feet, planes can take off or land at Middletown Regional 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.
• Middletown Regional Airport (MWO) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Middletown Regional Airport", another name for MWO is "Hook Field".
• The furthest airport from Middletown Regional Airport (MWO) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,293 miles (18,174 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In late August 2008 the airport gained some national prominence when the Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin flew into Hook to later attend a Dayton campaign rally where she was announced as Senator John McCain's running mate.
• Middletown Regional Airport, also known as Hook Field, is a city-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles north of the central business district of Middletown, a city in Butler County, Ohio, United States.