Nonstop flight route between Lafayette, Louisiana, United States and Berlin, Germany:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Lafayette Regional Airport (LFT), Lafayette, Louisiana, United States and Berlin Tempelhof Airport (THF), Berlin, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,180 miles (or 8,336 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 Lafayette Regional Airport and Berlin Tempelhof 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 Lafayette Regional Airport and Berlin Tempelhof Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LFT / KLFT |
Airport Name: | Lafayette Regional Airport |
Location: | Lafayette, Louisiana, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 30°12'19"N by 91°59'14"W |
Area Served: | Lafayette, Louisiana |
Operator/Owner: | City & Parish of Lafayette |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 42 feet (13 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from LFT |
More Information: | LFT Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | THF / EDDI |
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Location: | Berlin, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°28'24"N by 13°24'6"E |
Area Served: | Berlin |
Operator/Owner: | Institute for Federal Real Estate and the Federal State of Berlin |
Airport Type: | Defunct |
Elevation: | 164 feet (50 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from THF |
More Information: | THF Maps & Info |
Facts about Lafayette Regional Airport (LFT):
- In March 2001, Air Force One landed in Lafayette transporting President George W.
- Because of Lafayette Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 42 feet, planes can take off or land at Lafayette Regional 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 closest airport to Lafayette Regional Airport (LFT) is Acadiana Regional Airport (ARA), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) SSE of LFT.
- In 1948 Eastern Air Lines began the first scheduled passenger service.
- The furthest airport from Lafayette Regional Airport (LFT) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,070 miles (17,815 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- Lafayette Regional Airport (LFT) has 3 runways.
- Lafayette Regional Airport covers 746 acres at an elevation of 42 feet above mean sea level.
Facts about Berlin Tempelhof Airport (THF):
- The old terminal, originally constructed in 1927, became the world's first with an underground railway.
- The closest airport to Berlin Tempelhof Airport (THF) is Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) NW of THF.
- In addition to being known as "Berlin Tempelhof Airport", another name for THF is "Flughafen Berlin-Tempelhof".
- On 25 September 1950, Pan Am acquired AOA from American Airlines.
- Operation Vittles, as the airlift was unofficially named, began on 26 June when USAF Douglas C-47 Skytrains carried 80 tons of food into Tempelhof, far less than the estimated 4,500 tons of food, coal and other essential supplies needed daily to maintain a minimum level of existence.
- From January 1940 until early-1944, Weser Flugzeugbau assembled Junkers Ju 87 "Stuka" dive bombers.
- The furthest airport from Berlin Tempelhof Airport (THF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,687 miles (18,808 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The grass runways usual in Germany until then could not cope with the massive demand, and a subsequently built runway containing perforated steel matting began to crumble under the weight of the USAF's C-54 Skymasters.
- On 8 May 1945, Western Allied and German signatories of the German Surrender in Berlin and their entourage landed at Tempelhof airport.
- Berlin Tempelhof Airport (THF) has 2 runways.
- The new air terminal was designed as headquarters for Deutsche Luft Hansa, the German national airline at that time.
- Because of Berlin Tempelhof Airport's relatively low elevation of 164 feet, planes can take off or land at Berlin Tempelhof 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.