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

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF), Sandefjord / Stokke, Norway and Port Protection Seaplane Base (PPV), Port Protection, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,212 miles (or 6,779 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 Port Protection Seaplane Base, 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 Port Protection Seaplane Base. 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):

• Following the Oslo Airport localization controversy in the 1980s and early 1990s, parliament decided to locate the new main airport for Eastern Norway at Gardermoen, north of Oslo.
• Widerøe has the largest maintenance facility at Torp, providing full maintenance for the airlines own fleet of Dash 8 series 100, 300, and 400 aircraft.
• On 1 April 1997, the European aviation market was fully deregulated, and concession was no longer needed to fly internationally between countries within the European Economic Area.
• The private placement in 1987 allowed sufficient financing of a new terminal building.
• 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.
• On 26 March 1984, Busy Bee, Braathens SAFE's regional airline, started flights from Torp.
• Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Sandefjord Airport, Torp", another name for TRF is "Sandefjord lufthavn, Torp".

Facts about Port Protection Seaplane Base (PPV):

• The furthest airport from Port Protection Seaplane Base (PPV) is Port Alfred Airport (AFD), which is located 10,611 miles (17,077 kilometers) away in Port Alfred, South Africa.
• Port Protection Seaplane Base (PPV) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Port Protection Seaplane Base's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Port Protection Seaplane Base 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.
• In addition to being known as "Port Protection Seaplane Base", another name for PPV is "19P".
• The closest airport to Port Protection Seaplane Base (PPV) is Point Baker Seaplane Base (KPB), which is located only 2 miles (3 kilometers) NNW of PPV.