Nonstop flight route between Sørkjosen, Norway and Mangalore, India:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sørkjosen Airport (SOJ), Sørkjosen, Norway and Mangalore Airport (IXE), Mangalore, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,552 miles (or 7,325 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 Sørkjosen Airport and Mangalore 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 Sørkjosen Airport and Mangalore Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Sørkjosen Airport (SOJ):

• Berlevåg Airport is served by Widerøe with Dash 8-100 aircraft connecting the community with Tromsø and airports in Finnmark.
• Sørkjosen Airport is a regional airport located at Sørkjosen in Nordreisa, Norway, 4.5 kilometres from the municipal center of Storslett.
• Sørkjosen was launched as part of a national network of regional short take-off and landing airport which was proposed in the mid-1960s.
• Sørkjosen Airport handled 16,993 passengers last year.
• Because of Sørkjosen Airport's relatively low elevation of 16 feet, planes can take off or land at Sørkjosen 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 closest airport to Sørkjosen Airport (SOJ) is Tromsø Airport, Langnes (TOS), which is located 49 miles (80 kilometers) W of SOJ.
• The furthest airport from Sørkjosen Airport (SOJ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,541 miles (16,965 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Sørkjosen Airport", another name for SOJ is "Sørkjosen lufthavn".

Facts about Mangalore Airport (IXE):

• Because of Mangalore Airport's relatively low elevation of 337 feet, planes can take off or land at Mangalore 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 furthest airport from Mangalore Airport (IXE) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,417 miles (18,373 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• The closest airport to Mangalore Airport (IXE) is Mysore Airport (MYQ), which is located 129 miles (208 kilometers) ESE of IXE.
• The operation of international flights started in 2006 with Air India Express flying to Dubai.
• Growth of passenger traffic at the Mangalore Airport can be gauged by the fact that it handled 929,000 passengers from July 2011 to June 2012 although it was projected to handle 900,000 passengers in 2025.
• On 18 March 2013 the Union Minister for Civil Aviation Ajit Singh inaugurating air cargo complex and the common user terminal equipment system at Mangalore Airport.
• Mangalore Airport (IXE) has 2 runways.
• The road to the new terminal reduces the distance between Mangalore and the airport by about 8 km.