Nonstop flight route between Nagpur, India and Geilenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport (NAG), Nagpur, India and NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen E–3A Component (GKE), Geilenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,365 miles (or 7,025 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 Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport and NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen E–3A Component, 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 Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport and NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen E–3A Component. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NAG / VANP |
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Location: | Nagpur, India |
GPS Coordinates: | 21°5'31"N by 79°2'49"E |
Operator/Owner: | Airports Authority of India |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1033 feet (315 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from NAG |
More Information: | NAG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GKE / ETNG |
Airport Name: | NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen E–3A Component |
Location: | Geilenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 50°57'38"N by 6°2'33"E |
Operator/Owner: | NATO |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 296 feet (90 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GKE |
More Information: | GKE Maps & Info |
Facts about Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport (NAG):
- This airport is slated to be the Multimodal International Hub Airport in India and development work started in 2005.
- The furthest airport from Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport (NAG) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,758 miles (18,923 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- There are expansion plans for the current Nagpur Airport recently given greenlight by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
- In addition to being known as "Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport", other names for NAG include "बाबासाहेब आंबेडकर आंतरराष्ट्रीय विमानतळ." and "Bābāsāhēba āmbēḍakara āntararāṣṭrīya vimānataḷa.".
- The closest airport to Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport (NAG) is Shivani Airport (AKD), which is located 131 miles (211 kilometers) WSW of NAG.
- Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport (NAG) has 2 runways.
Facts about NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen E–3A Component (GKE):
- The Component’s multinational, fully integrated workforce consists of more than 3,000 military and civilian personnel from 16 NATO member nations.
- In January 1980 the first E-3A Component personnel started arriving at the base, and in October 1980 the NATO Defence Planning Committee granted the E-3A Component the status of a NATO International Military Headquarters.
- NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen is located near Geilenkirchen, Germany.
- E-3A Component flying operations began in February 1982 after delivery of the first E3A aircraft.
- The furthest airport from NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen E–3A Component (GKE) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,929 miles (19,198 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen E–3A Component (GKE) currently has only 1 runway.
- An Economic Impact Study compiled by the NATO E-3A Component shows a 2008 economic impact of 275.8 million euro within a 200-kilometer radius of the base.
- The closest airport to NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen E–3A Component (GKE) is Merzbrück Airfield (AAH), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) SSE of GKE.
- Because of NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen E–3A Component's relatively low elevation of 296 feet, planes can take off or land at NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen E–3A Component 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 Component operates seventeen Boeing E-3A AWACS aircraft all of which are based on the Boeing 707 airframe Trainer Cargo Aircraft but which have since been retired).