Nonstop flight route between Sandefjord / Stokke, Norway and Nunapitchuk, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF), Sandefjord / Stokke, Norway and Nunapitchuk Airport (NUP), Nunapitchuk, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,130 miles (or 6,647 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 Nunapitchuk 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 Sandefjord Airport, Torp and Nunapitchuk Airport. 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):

• On 4 April 2002, Ryanair started flights to Glasgow Prestwick Airport.
• In addition to being known as "Sandefjord Airport, Torp", another name for TRF is "Sandefjord lufthavn, Torp".
• 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.
• In June 2006 the airport decided to invest NOK 24 million to expand the terminal.
• The first civilian aircraft to land was a Douglas DC-3 from Fred Olsen Air Transport in 1958.
• In 1968, the municipalities of Sandefjord and Sandar merged, giving the Sandefjord a 93.11% ownership in the airport.
• The closest airport to Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF) is Moss Airport, Rygge (RYG), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) NE of TRF.
• 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.
• Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF) currently has only 1 runway.
• The private placement in 1987 allowed sufficient financing of a new terminal building.

Facts about Nunapitchuk Airport (NUP):

• The closest airport to Nunapitchuk Airport (NUP) is Kasigluk Airport (KUK), which is located only 4 miles (6 kilometers) SW of NUP.
• Nunapitchuk Airport (NUP) has 2 runways.
• Because of Nunapitchuk Airport's relatively low elevation of 12 feet, planes can take off or land at Nunapitchuk 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 furthest airport from Nunapitchuk Airport (NUP) is Cape Town International Airport (CPT), which is located 10,575 miles (17,019 kilometers) away in Cape Town, South Africa.
• In addition to being known as "Nunapitchuk Airport", another name for NUP is "16A".