Nonstop flight route between Zanderij (near Paramaribo), Suriname and Berlin, Germany:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (PBM), Zanderij (near Paramaribo), Suriname and Berlin Tempelhof Airport (THF), Berlin, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,026 miles (or 8,088 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 Johan Adolf Pengel International 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 Johan Adolf Pengel International 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: | PBM / SMJP |
Airport Name: | Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport |
Location: | Zanderij (near Paramaribo), Suriname |
GPS Coordinates: | 5°27'10"N by 55°11'16"W |
Area Served: | Paramaribo |
Operator/Owner: | Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (JAPIA) Corporation |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 59 feet (18 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from PBM |
More Information: | PBM 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 Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (PBM):
- Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (PBM) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport's relatively low elevation of 59 feet, planes can take off or land at Johan Adolf Pengel International 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 intensive flying of the first two months of the war soon took its toll, however, and by the end of February 1942, the Squadron was forced to report that it had but three B-18A's operational at Zandery and that "....
- The closest airport to Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (PBM) is Zorg en Hoop Airport (ORG), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) N of PBM.
- At Zandery, the unit shuttled from Zandery to Atkinson Field, British Guiana and, by January 1942, had eight Curtiss P-40C Warhawks assigned.
- The furthest airport from Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (PBM) is Betoambari Airport (BUW), which is nearly antipodal to Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (meaning Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Betoambari Airport), and is located 12,282 miles (19,767 kilometers) away in Bau-Bau, Buton, Indonesia.
- Operations From Zandery Field consisted of coastal, convoy and anti-submarine patrols until 31 October 1942.
- With the United States entry into the war in December 1941, the importance of Zandery Field increased drastically, becoming a major transport base on the South Atlantic route of Air Transport Command ferrying supplies and personnel to Freetown Airport, Sierra Leone and onwards to the European and African theaters of the war.
- Prior to World War II, Zandery Airport was a Pan American World Airways stop.
Facts about Berlin Tempelhof Airport (THF):
- Tempelhof Airport closed all operations on 30 October 2008, despite the efforts of some protesters to prevent the closure.
- 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 new air terminal was designed as headquarters for Deutsche Luft Hansa, the German national airline at that time.
- 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.
- Berlin Tempelhof Airport (THF) has 2 runways.
- Tempelhof's German commander, Oberst Rudolf Böttger, refused to carry out orders to blow up the base, choosing instead to kill himself.
- 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.
- Tempelhof was one of Europe's three iconic pre-World War II airports, the others being London's now defunct Croydon Airport and the old Paris – Le Bourget Airport.
- In addition to being known as "Berlin Tempelhof Airport", another name for THF is "Flughafen Berlin-Tempelhof".
- With the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany, the presence of American forces in Berlin ended.
- The closest airport to Berlin Tempelhof Airport (THF) is Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) NW of THF.
- It had two parallel runways.