Nonstop flight route between Raleigh / Durham, North Carolina, United States and Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Raleigh–Durham International Airport (RDU), Raleigh / Durham, North Carolina, United States and Dortmund Airport (DTM), Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,189 miles (or 6,742 kilometers).
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Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | RDU / KRDU |
Airport Name: | Raleigh–Durham International Airport |
Location: | Raleigh / Durham, North Carolina, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°52'40"N by 78°47'14"W |
Area Served: | The Research Triangle Metropolitan Region of North Carolina |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 435 feet (133 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from RDU |
More Information: | RDU Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DTM / EDLW |
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Location: | Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°31'5"N by 7°36'43"E |
Area Served: | Dortmund and the eastern Rhine-Ruhr area, Germany |
Operator/Owner: | Flughafen Dortmund GmbH |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 425 feet (130 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from DTM |
More Information: | DTM Maps & Info |
Facts about Raleigh–Durham International Airport (RDU):
- Midway Airlines replaced AA as the airport's hub carrier from 1995 until 2003.
- Because of Raleigh–Durham International Airport's relatively low elevation of 435 feet, planes can take off or land at Raleigh–Durham 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 new Raleigh–Durham Airport opened on May 1, 1943 with flights by Eastern Airlines.
- The airport incorporates two cargo areas, North Cargo and South Cargo.
- The closest airport to Raleigh–Durham International Airport (RDU) is Triangle North Executive Airport (Franklin County Airport) (LFN), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) ENE of RDU.
- Terminal 2 was designed by Fentress Architects under a philosophy of contextual regionalism, related to Critical regionalism.
- After World War II Capital Airlines joined Eastern at RDU.
- The furthest airport from Raleigh–Durham International Airport (RDU) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,639 miles (18,731 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Raleigh–Durham International Airport (RDU) has 3 runways.
Facts about Dortmund Airport (DTM):
- Because of Dortmund Airport's relatively low elevation of 425 feet, planes can take off or land at Dortmund 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 furthest airport from Dortmund Airport (DTM) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,872 miles (19,106 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Since 2006 it has been carrying the name "Dortmund Airport 21", in reference to the fact that Dortmund's utility company, DSW21, is its major shareholder.
- The closest airport to Dortmund Airport (DTM) is Düsseldorf Airport (DUS), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) WSW of DTM.
- The first mass carrier at Dortmund Airport was Air Berlin, which began flights to London, Milan, and Vienna in 2002, supplementing its leisure routes to the Mediterranean.
- In addition to being known as "Dortmund Airport", another name for DTM is "Flughafen Dortmund".
- Dortmund Airport (DTM) currently has only 1 runway.
- Over the next decades Düsseldorf Airport and Cologne Bonn Airport were the dominant commercial airports in the Rhine-Ruhr Area.
- Commercial service was restored in 1979 with daily flights to Munich by Reise- und Industrieflug.
- Dortmund Airport is served by an express bus to Dortmund main station, a shuttle bus to the nearby railway station Holzwickede/Dortmund Flughafen, a bus to the city's metro line U47, as well as a bus to the city of Unna.
- Dortmund Airport, is a minor international airport located 10 km east of Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Travellers with destination Düsseldorf main station need to catch the AirportShuttle bus to nearby Holzwickede station.