Nonstop flight route between Stuttgart, Germany and Sandefjord / Stokke, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Stuttgart Airport (STR), Stuttgart, Germany and Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF), Sandefjord / Stokke, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 726 miles (or 1,169 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 Stuttgart Airport and Sandefjord Airport, Torp, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Stuttgart Airport (STR):

• The original 1938 terminal was finally replaced in 2004 and there are now four terminals with a maximum capacity of approximately 12 million passengers.
• The furthest airport from Stuttgart Airport (STR) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Stuttgart Airport (meaning Stuttgart Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,004 miles (19,319 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Stuttgart Airport (STR) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Stuttgart Airport", another name for STR is "Flughafen Stuttgart".
• One of the two main halls
• The closest airport to Stuttgart Airport (STR) is Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof (ZWS), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) NNW of STR.
• The airport lies right next to the A 8 Autobahn that connects the cities of Karlsruhe, Stuttgart and Munich.

Facts about Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF):

• Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF) currently has only 1 runway.
• The new owners concluded that the airport needed a new control tower and a new terminal building.
• On 3 November 1996, ConTigo started chater flights using Boeing 727, but terminated services after 22 December.
• The furthest airport from Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,337 miles (18,245 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF) is Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) NE of TRF.
• The air traffic employees in the control tower worked for the Civil Aviation Administration.
• Because of Sandefjord Airport, Torp's relatively low elevation of 285 feet, planes can take off or land at Sandefjord Airport, Torp 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.
• Sandefjord Airport, Torp handled 1,345,732 passengers last year.
• In June 2006 the airport decided to invest NOK 24 million to expand the terminal.
• In addition to being known as "Sandefjord Airport, Torp", another name for TRF is "Sandefjord lufthavn, Torp".
• On 26 March 1984, Busy Bee, Braathens SAFE's regional airline, started flights from Torp.
• Negotiations between NATO, the United States and Norway were initiated on 27 March 1951.
• Following the Oslo Airport localization controversy in the 1980s and early 1990s, parliament decided to locate the new main airport for Eastern Norway at Gardermoen, north of Oslo.