Nonstop flight route between Skien, Telemark, Norway and Berlin, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Skien Airport, Geiteryggen (SKE), Skien, Telemark, Norway and Berlin Schönefeld Airport (SXF), Berlin, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 495 miles (or 796 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 Skien Airport, Geiteryggen and Berlin Schönefeld Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Skien Airport, Geiteryggen (SKE):

• World War II terminated plans for a civilian airport.
• The runway and original facilities at Geiteryggen were built by the aviation club and cost 30,000 Norwegian krone.
• Discussions of expanding the runway had been carried out since the 1970s, but the issue had stranded as no-one was willing to finance the venture.
• By October 2007, Vildanden was in severe financial distress.
• The closest airport to Skien Airport, Geiteryggen (SKE) is Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) E of SKE.
• In addition to being known as "Skien Airport, Geiteryggen", another name for SKE is "Skien lufthavn, Geiteryggen".
• Skien Airport, Geiteryggen handled 46,995 passengers last year.
• Two airlines operate scheduled services from Geiteryggen.
• 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.
• 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.

Facts about Berlin Schönefeld Airport (SXF):

• The airport is linked by local BVG bus lines 162 and 171.
• Berlin Schönefeld Airport handled 709,727 passengers last year.
• The airport can be reached via the nearby motorway A113 which itself is connected to motorways A100 which leads to Berlin city center and A110 which circles around Berlin and connects further to all directions.
• Following German reunification in 1990, operating three separate airports became increasingly cost prohibitive, leading the Berlin legislature to pursue a single airport that would be more efficient and would decrease the amount of aircraft noise from the airport within the city.
• The main building is the original part of the airport.
• Berlin Schönefeld Airport (SXF) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Berlin Schönefeld Airport (SXF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,688 miles (18,810 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• A stipulation of the Four Power Agreement following World War II was a total ban on German carriers' participation in air transport to Berlin, where access was restricted to US, British, French and Soviet airlines.
• Terminal C was originally built to accommodate flights to Israel.
• The closest airport to Berlin Schönefeld Airport (SXF) is Berlin Tempelhof Airport (THF), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) NW of SXF.
• Because of Berlin Schönefeld Airport's relatively low elevation of 157 feet, planes can take off or land at Berlin Schönefeld 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.
• In addition to being known as "Berlin Schönefeld Airport", other names for SXF include "Flughafen Berlin-Schönefeld" and "EDDB, ETBS".