Nonstop flight route between Sandefjord / Stokke, Norway and Fort Sill, Oklahoma, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF), Sandefjord / Stokke, Norway and Henry Post Army Airfield (FSI), Fort Sill, Oklahoma, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,788 miles (or 7,706 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 Sandefjord Airport, Torp and Henry Post Army Airfield, 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 Sandefjord Airport, Torp and Henry Post Army Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF):

• 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.
• 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.
• The air traffic employees in the control tower worked for the Civil Aviation Administration.
• The runway runs due north–south.
• In February 1953, the government expropriated the necessary land, 4.0 square kilometres, of which 3.5 square kilometres was forest and 0.25 square kilometres was fields and 0.25 square kilometres was pasture.
• Negotiations between NATO, the United States and Norway were initiated on 27 March 1951.
• Even though it is more than twice as far, 118 km, from Oslo as Gardermoen, Oslo's principal airport, and it lacks high-speed rail transport to Oslo, the low-cost airlines market Sandefjord as Oslo-Torp or Oslo-Sandefjord.
• The first civilian aircraft to land was a Douglas DC-3 from Fred Olsen Air Transport in 1958.
• Closer investigations of Jarlsberg showed that the airport was not suitable for expansion.
• In addition to being known as "Sandefjord Airport, Torp", another name for TRF is "Sandefjord lufthavn, Torp".
• Sandefjord Airport, Torp handled 1,345,732 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF) is Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) NE of TRF.
• Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Henry Post Army Airfield (FSI):

• Post Field served as a base for flight training for the Air Service.
• Henry Post Army Airfield (FSI) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Henry Post Army Airfield (FSI) is Lawton–Fort Sill Regional Airport (LAW), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) S of FSI.
• The furthest airport from Henry Post Army Airfield (FSI) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,920 miles (17,575 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Henry Post Army Airfield is a military use airport located at Fort Sill in Comanche County, Oklahoma, United States.
• As a result of the United State's entry into World War I, Fort Sill was selected for a primary pilot school.
• Air Service/Corps units assigned to Post Field between 1919 and 1941
• There are no air units currently stationed at the airfield, however air operations for transient units are provided by permanent party personnel.