Nonstop flight route between Sioux City, Iowa, United States and Bergen, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sioux Gateway Airport (SUX), Sioux City, Iowa, United States and Bergen-Flesland International Airport (BGO), Bergen, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,090 miles (or 6,582 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 Sioux Gateway Airport and Bergen-Flesland International 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 Sioux Gateway Airport and Bergen-Flesland International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Sioux Gateway Airport (SUX):

• The closest airport to Sioux Gateway Airport (SUX) is Le Mars Municipal Airport (LRJ), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) NNE of SUX.
• In June 2011 work was completed on a $6.2 million remodeling of the 58-year-old terminal building.
• The construction of Sioux City Army Air Base began in March 1942, about three months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
• The furthest airport from Sioux Gateway Airport (SUX) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,641 miles (17,125 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• For several years the only airline service was from Northwest Airlines, commuter service on Northwest Airlink to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport.
• In addition to being known as "Sioux Gateway Airport", another name for SUX is "Colonel Bud Day Field".
• Sioux Gateway Airport (SUX) has 2 runways.

Facts about Bergen-Flesland International Airport (BGO):

• In addition to being known as "Bergen-Flesland International Airport", another name for BGO is "Bergen lufthavn, Flesland".
• During a short period in 1959 there was a squadron stationed at Flesland.
• Oslo Airport, Gardermoen opened on 8 October 1998, replacing the congested Fornebu.
• Wanderlust announced Flesland as Europe's best and the world's sixth-best international airport in 2009.
• Nineteen scheduled airlines operate to nineteen domestic and thirty-four international destinations.
• The airport had 70,000 passengers during its first twelve months of operations and exceeded 100,000 the following year.
• Bergen-Flesland International Airport handled 6,213,960 passengers last year.
• With the ending of the Cold War following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the military activity at Flesland diminished.
• Bergen Airport serves 63 destinations, of which 19 are domestic, 34 are international and 16 are charter.
• Bergen Airport, Flesland is an international airport located at Flesland in Bergen, a city and municipality in Hordaland county, Norway.
• Bergen-Flesland International Airport (BGO) currently has only 1 runway.
• Originally Bergen was served by water aerodromes at Flatøy, Sandviken and Herdla.
• After the German occupation of Norway, the Wehrmacht started looking for a location for an airstrip.
• The furthest airport from Bergen-Flesland International Airport (BGO) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,296 miles (18,179 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Bergen-Flesland International Airport (BGO) is Stord Airport, Sørstokken (SRP), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) S of BGO.
• Because of Bergen-Flesland International Airport's relatively low elevation of 166 feet, planes can take off or land at Bergen-Flesland 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.