Nonstop flight route between Waterloo, Iowa, United States and Zürich, Switzerland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Waterloo Regional Airport (Livingston Betsworth Field) (ALO), Waterloo, Iowa, United States and Zurich Airport (ZRH), Zürich, Switzerland would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,573 miles (or 7,360 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 Waterloo Regional Airport (Livingston Betsworth Field) and Zurich 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 Waterloo Regional Airport (Livingston Betsworth Field) and Zurich Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ALO / KALO |
Airport Name: | Waterloo Regional Airport (Livingston Betsworth Field) |
Location: | Waterloo, Iowa, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 42°33'24"N by 92°24'1"W |
Area Served: | Waterloo, Iowa |
Operator/Owner: | City of Waterloo |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 873 feet (266 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from ALO |
More Information: | ALO Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ZRH / LSZH |
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Location: | Zürich, Switzerland |
GPS Coordinates: | 47°27'52"N by 8°32'57"E |
Area Served: | Zürich, Switzerland |
Operator/Owner: | Flughafen Zürich AG |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1416 feet (432 meters) |
# of Runways: | 4 |
View all routes: | Routes from ZRH |
More Information: | ZRH Maps & Info |
Facts about Waterloo Regional Airport (Livingston Betsworth Field) (ALO):
- Under its founding manager, Walter Betsworth, Waterloo Municipal Airport expanded from a WWII training airstrip to a flourishing regional airport.
- Because of Waterloo Regional Airport (Livingston Betsworth Field)'s relatively low elevation of 873 feet, planes can take off or land at Waterloo Regional Airport (Livingston Betsworth Field) 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 Waterloo Regional Airport (Livingston Betsworth Field) (ALO) is Northeast Iowa Regional Airport (CCY), which is located 37 miles (60 kilometers) NNW of ALO.
- The airport has two gates and one jet bridge.
- The furthest airport from Waterloo Regional Airport (Livingston Betsworth Field) (ALO) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,839 miles (17,443 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Waterloo Regional Airport (Livingston Betsworth Field) (ALO) has 3 runways.
- Airline flights to Waterloo started in 1946-47 on Mid-Continent.
Facts about Zurich Airport (ZRH):
- Zurich Airport handled 24,865,138 passengers last year.
- The first flights off the west runway were not until 1948.
- Zurich Airport (ZRH) has 4 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Zurich Airport", another name for ZRH is "Flughafen Zürich".
- The closest airport to Zurich Airport (ZRH) is Emmen Swiss Air Base (EML), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) SSW of ZRH.
- The furthest airport from Zurich Airport (ZRH) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Zurich Airport (meaning Zurich Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,087 miles (19,453 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The ground-side terminal complex comprises several buildings, and includes several airline check-in areas, a shopping mall, a railway station, car parks, and a bus and tram terminal.
- Zurich Airport railway station is located underneath the terminal.