Nonstop flight route between Tengchong, Yunnan, China and Rygge (near Moss), Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tengchong Tuofeng Airport (TCZ), Tengchong, Yunnan, China and Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG), Rygge (near Moss), Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,667 miles (or 7,510 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 Tengchong Tuofeng Airport and Moss Airport, Rygge, 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 Tengchong Tuofeng Airport and Moss Airport, Rygge. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Tengchong Tuofeng Airport (TCZ):

• In addition to being known as "Tengchong Tuofeng Airport", other names for TCZ include "腾冲驼峰机场" and "Téngchōng Tuófēng Jīchǎng".
• The furthest airport from Tengchong Tuofeng Airport (TCZ) is Chañaral Airport (CNR), which is located 11,752 miles (18,913 kilometers) away in Chañaral, Atacama Region, Chile.
• The closest airport to Tengchong Tuofeng Airport (TCZ) is Dehong Mangshi Airport (LUM), which is located 41 miles (66 kilometers) S of TCZ.

Facts about Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG):

• Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Moss Airport, Rygge", another name for RYG is "Moss lufthavn, Rygge".
• The furthest airport from Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,319 miles (18,216 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The first aerodrome at Rygge was built in 1942 and 1943, but was located about 2 kilometers west from the current runway.
• The closest airport to Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG) is Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) SW of RYG.
• Moss Airport, Rygge handled 1,667,705 passengers last year.
• Because of Moss Airport, Rygge's relatively low elevation of 173 feet, planes can take off or land at Moss Airport, Rygge 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 airport stated that at the growth rate they were experiencing, they would reach their passenger ceiling in 2009, and would not have room for any other airlines than Norwegian.
• In February 1999, Minister of Transport and Communications Dag Jostein Fjærvoll stated that he supported the opening of civilian traffic from Rygge.
• In January 2007, the charter operators Star Tour, Apollo and MyTravel Airways announced that they would start operating charter flights from 1 October.
• The airport was opened on 5 October 2007.
• The terminal building is 16,000 square meters, and is dimensioned for 2 million passengers annually.