Nonstop flight route between Berlin, Germany and Lublin, Poland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Royal Air Force Station Gatow (GWW), Berlin, Germany and Lublin Airport (LUZ), Lublin, Poland would travel a Great Circle distance of 417 miles (or 671 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 relatively short distance between Royal Air Force Station Gatow and Lublin Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GWW / EDBG |
Airport Name: | Royal Air Force Station Gatow |
Location: | Berlin, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°28'27"N by 13°8'17"E |
Operator/Owner: | formerly: Ministry of Defence, now: Bundeswehr |
Airport Type: | Military (airport no longer in operation) |
Elevation: | 161 feet (49 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GWW |
More Information: | GWW Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LUZ / EPLB |
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Location: | Lublin, Poland |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°14'24"N by 22°42'47"E |
Area Served: | Lublin, Poland |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 666 feet (203 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from LUZ |
More Information: | LUZ Maps & Info |
Facts about Royal Air Force Station Gatow (GWW):
- BEA moved to Tempelhof Airport in 1951, where most of West Berlin's commercial air transport operations were concentrated from then on.
- The furthest airport from Royal Air Force Station Gatow (GWW) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,694 miles (18,819 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- RAF Gatow has the unique and unlikely distinction of being the base for the only known operational use of flying boats in central Europe, during the Berlin Blockade, on the nearby Großer Wannsee in the Havel river.
- Because of Royal Air Force Station Gatow's relatively low elevation of 161 feet, planes can take off or land at Royal Air Force Station Gatow 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.
- After the fall of the Berlin Wall, Chipmunk reconnaissance flights soon ceased and the two Chipmunks were flown to RAF Laarbruch, in Western Germany to await disposal action.
- Also on the site of the former RAF station, but not part of General-Steinhoff Kaserne, is a school, the Hans-Carossa-Gymnasium, and houses for government employees of the Federal Republic of Germany.
- During the Berlin Airlift, the Station was modernised with a 2,000 yards long concrete runway, using 794 German workers, in March 1947.
- Royal Air Force Station Gatow (GWW) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Royal Air Force Station Gatow (GWW) is Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL), which is located only 9 miles (14 kilometers) NE of GWW.
Facts about Lublin Airport (LUZ):
- Because of Lublin Airport's relatively low elevation of 666 feet, planes can take off or land at Lublin 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.
- Lublin Airport handled 189,442 passengers last year.
- Lublin Airport (LUZ) has 2 runways.
- The need for an air terminus in Lublin, the 9th biggest city in Poland, has been felt for the better half of 20th century.
- In addition to being known as "Lublin Airport", another name for LUZ is "Port Lotniczy Lublin".
- The furthest airport from Lublin Airport (LUZ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,410 miles (18,363 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Lublin Airport (LUZ) is Biała Podlaska Airport (BXP), which is located 56 miles (90 kilometers) NNE of LUZ.