Nonstop flight route between Apple Valley, California, United States and Ramstein, Germany:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Apple Valley Airport (APV), Apple Valley, California, United States and Ramstein Air Base (RMS), Ramstein, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,719 miles (or 9,204 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 Apple Valley Airport and Ramstein Air 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 Apple Valley Airport and Ramstein Air Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | APV / KAPV |
Airport Name: | Apple Valley Airport |
Location: | Apple Valley, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°34'31"N by 117°11'10"W |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 3062 feet (933 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from APV |
More Information: | APV Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | RMS / ETAR |
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Location: | Ramstein, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 49°26'38"N by 7°36'8"E |
Operator/Owner: | United States |
View all routes: | Routes from RMS |
More Information: | RMS Maps & Info |
Facts about Apple Valley Airport (APV):
- Apple Valley Airport (APV) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Apple Valley Airport (APV) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,417 miles (18,374 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- The closest airport to Apple Valley Airport (APV) is Southern California Logistics Airport (VCV), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) W of APV.
Facts about Ramstein Air Base (RMS):
- The closest airport to Ramstein Air Base (RMS) is Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base (SEX), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) ENE of RMS.
- Construction of the modern USAF base near Kaiserslautern began in April 1948 under the provisions of a Franco-American reciprocal agreement.
- In 1940, construction of today's Bundesautobahn 6 was stopped when a bridge that was being built across the Rhine River near Mannheim collapsed, leaving a section of autobahn that could not be used.
- The commander of the 435th AGOW is Colonel John S.
- The furthest airport from Ramstein Air Base (RMS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Ramstein Air Base (meaning Ramstein Air Base is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,003 miles (19,316 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- From its inception, Ramstein was designed as a NATO command base.
- From 2004 to 2006, Ramstein Air Base underwent an extensive expansion with a major construction project – including an all-new airport terminal, among other new facilities, through the so-called Rhein-Main Transition Program which was initiated in support of the total closure of Rhein-Main Air Base on 30 December 2005 and transferring all its former capacities to Ramstein Air Base and Spangdahlem Air Base.
- The new 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing stood up on 4 September 2008.
- In addition to being known as "Ramstein Air Base", another name for RMS is "Ramstein AB".