Nonstop flight route between Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany and Fort Bragg, North Carolina, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Bindlacher Berg Airport (BYU), Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany and Simmons Army Airfield (FBG), Fort Bragg, North Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,435 miles (or 7,137 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 Bindlacher Berg Airport and Simmons 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 Bindlacher Berg Airport and Simmons Army Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BYU / EDQD |
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Location: | Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 49°59'8"N by 11°38'24"E |
Area Served: | Bayreuth, Germany |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1601 feet (488 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BYU |
More Information: | BYU Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FBG / KFBG |
Airport Name: | Simmons Army Airfield |
Location: | Fort Bragg, North Carolina, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°7'54"N by 78°56'11"W |
Operator/Owner: | U.S. Army ATCA-ASO |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 244 feet (74 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from FBG |
More Information: | FBG Maps & Info |
Facts about Bindlacher Berg Airport (BYU):
- In addition to being known as "Bindlacher Berg Airport", another name for BYU is "Verkehrslandeplatz Bayreuth".
- In 1992, Nürnberger Flugdienst offered scheduled flights to Frankfurt.
- The furthest airport from Bindlacher Berg Airport (BYU) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,865 miles (19,094 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Bindlacher Berg Airport (BYU) is Hof–Plauen Airport (HOQ), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) NNE of BYU.
- Bindlacher Berg Airport (BYU) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Simmons Army Airfield (FBG):
- By 1976 Simmons had 176 aircraft assigned and 375 flights operations a day.
- The closest airport to Simmons Army Airfield (FBG) is Pope Field (POB), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) WNW of FBG.
- The furthest airport from Simmons Army Airfield (FBG) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,634 miles (18,723 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- As part of Exercise Test Drop in August 1952, the 406th Engineer Brigade constructed an airfield in the vicinity of Smith Lake on land acquired by Fort Bragg.
- Simmons Army Airfield (FBG) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Simmons Army Airfield's relatively low elevation of 244 feet, planes can take off or land at Simmons Army Airfield 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 the early 1960s Fort Bragg and Simmons played an important role in emerging air mobility.