Nonstop flight route between Zweibrücken, Germany and Cape Newenham, Alaska, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Zweibrücken Airport (ZQW), Zweibrücken, Germany and Cape Newenham LRRS Airport (EHM), Cape Newenham, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,961 miles (or 7,984 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 Zweibrücken Airport and Cape Newenham LRRS 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 Zweibrücken Airport and Cape Newenham LRRS Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ZQW / EDRZ |
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Location: | Zweibrücken, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 49°12'33"N by 7°24'2"E |
Area Served: | Zweibrücken, Germany |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1133 feet (345 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ZQW |
More Information: | ZQW Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | EHM / PAEH |
Airport Name: | Cape Newenham LRRS Airport |
Location: | Cape Newenham, Alaska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 58°38'47"N by 162°3'46"W |
Operator/Owner: | U.S. Air Force |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 541 feet (165 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from EHM |
More Information: | EHM Maps & Info |
Facts about Zweibrücken Airport (ZQW):
- The local bus route 226 connects the airport with Zweibrücken city centre including Zweibrücken station.
- Zweibrücken Airport (ZQW) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Zweibrücken Airport", another name for ZQW is "Flughafen Zweibrücken".
- In 2006, Germanwings began a new twice-daily service to Berlin Schönefeld Airport, but ceased them in 2011 due to expensive airports taxes.
- Zweibrücken Airport is located on the site of the former Zweibrücken Air Base which was shut down in 1991.
- Zweibrücken Airport features a small terminal building equipped with three aircraft stands next to it.
- The furthest airport from Zweibrücken Airport (ZQW) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Zweibrücken Airport (meaning Zweibrücken Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,021 miles (19,346 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Zweibrücken Airport handled 220,740 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Zweibrücken Airport (ZQW) is Saarbrücken Airport (SCN), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) W of ZQW.
Facts about Cape Newenham LRRS Airport (EHM):
- Cape Newenham LRRS Airport (EHM) currently has only 1 runway.
- Cape Newenham LRRS Airport has one runway designated 14/32 with a gravel surface measuring 3,950 by 150 feet.
- The furthest airport from Cape Newenham LRRS Airport (EHM) is Cape Town International Airport (CPT), which is located 10,732 miles (17,271 kilometers) away in Cape Town, South Africa.
- The closest airport to Cape Newenham LRRS Airport (EHM) is Platinum Airport (PTU), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) NNE of EHM.
- Cape Newenham LRRS Airport is a military airstrip located one nautical mile southeast of Cape Newenham, in the Dillingham Census Area of the U.S.
- Because of Cape Newenham LRRS Airport's relatively low elevation of 541 feet, planes can take off or land at Cape Newenham LRRS 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.