Nonstop flight route between Celle, Germany and Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Celle Air Base (ZCN), Celle, Germany and Cessnock Airport (CES), Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,086 miles (or 16,232 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 Celle Air Base and Cessnock 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 Celle Air Base and Cessnock Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ZCN / ETHC |
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Location: | Celle, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°35'27"N by 10°1'19"E |
Operator/Owner: | Federal Ministry of Defence |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 129 feet (39 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ZCN |
More Information: | ZCN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CES / YCNK |
Airport Name: | Cessnock Airport |
Location: | Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 32°47'17"S by 151°20'30"E |
Operator/Owner: | Aviation and Leisure Corporation Pty Ltd |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 211 feet (64 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CES |
More Information: | CES Maps & Info |
Facts about Celle Air Base (ZCN):
- Celle Air Base is located 2.7 miles southwest of the city centre of Celle and 18 miles northeast of the city centre of Hanover.
- After RAF Fassberg and RAF Wunstorf Celle became the third airfield in the region to serve in the airlift.
- Next to the road leading to Celle Air Base, a monument in memory of the support given by Celle to the Berlin Airlift was erected by the city of Celle in 1988.
- With the beginning of the Berlin Airlift in 1948 this, however, changed radically.
- At the beginning of the 1970s the strength of the German Army Aviation Corps considerably increased when more manpower and material was allocated to it.
- The furthest airport from Celle Air Base (ZCN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,761 miles (18,928 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- In addition to being known as "Celle Air Base", other names for ZCN include "Heeresflugplatz Celle" and "(Advanced Landing Ground B-118)".
- Until the end of World War II the airfield operated under the name of Fliegerhorst Celle-Wietzenbruch.
- Peculiarly, from 1959 until 1967 two transport wings of the German Air Force were also stationed at Celle.
- Although some production facilities for the Junker Ju-88 were placed in Hangar V, Celle Air Base played only a secondary role during World War II.
- Because of Celle Air Base's relatively low elevation of 129 feet, planes can take off or land at Celle Air Base 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 Celle Air Base (ZCN) is Hannover Airport (HAJ), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) WSW of ZCN.
- Celle Air Base (ZCN) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Cessnock Airport (CES):
- The closest airport to Cessnock Airport (CES) is Maitland Airport (MTL), which is located only 10 miles (17 kilometers) NE of CES.
- The aerodrome was proposed to have the following satellite aerodromes, Glendon, Rothbury and Weston, however Rothbury and Weston do not appear to have been constructed.
- Cessnock Airport (CES) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Cessnock Airport (CES) is Santa Maria Airport (SMA), which is nearly antipodal to Cessnock Airport (meaning Cessnock Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Santa Maria Airport), and is located 12,087 miles (19,451 kilometers) away in Santa Maria, Portugal.
- Because of Cessnock Airport's relatively low elevation of 211 feet, planes can take off or land at Cessnock 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.