Nonstop flight route between Tampa, Florida, United States and Molde, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tampa International Airport (TPA), Tampa, Florida, United States and Molde Airport, Årø (MOL), Molde, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,509 miles (or 7,257 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 Tampa International Airport and Molde Airport, Årø, 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 Tampa International Airport and Molde Airport, Årø. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Tampa International Airport (TPA):

• Today an overnight aircraft hardstand and an automated baggage sorting facility for Airside A sit on the former site.
• Tampa International Airport (TPA) has 3 runways.
• In 1928 the city completed the 160-acre Drew Field six miles west of Downtown Tampa.
• The 1952 terminal, built for three airlines, was swamped after the Civil Aeronautics Board granted Capital, Delta, Northeast, Northwest and Trans World Airlines authority to Tampa in the late 1950s.
• The closest airport to Tampa International Airport (TPA) is Peter O. Knight Airport (TPF), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) SE of TPA.
• The airport's people mover system was the first such system in the world.
• Today, TPA Airport handles about 16.6 million passengers per year) and improvements currently in progress will increase capacity to 25-million passengers a year.
• The original TPA airsides were designed in the mid-1960s as four identical facilities.
• The furthest airport from Tampa International Airport (TPA) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,435 miles (18,403 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Tampa International Airport's relatively low elevation of 26 feet, planes can take off or land at Tampa 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.
• The Landside Terminal was designed with convenience in mind.

Facts about Molde Airport, Årø (MOL):

• In addition to being known as "Molde Airport, Årø", another name for MOL is "Molde lufthavn, Årø".
• The furthest airport from Molde Airport, Årø (MOL) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,120 miles (17,896 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Molde Airport, Årø (MOL) is Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget (KSU), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) NE of MOL.
• Because of Molde Airport, Årø's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Molde Airport, Årø 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.
• Molde Airport, Årø handled 436,471 passengers last year.
• Molde Airport, Årø (MOL) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport resides at an elevation of 10 feet above mean sea level.