Nonstop flight route between Bremen, Germany and Chartres, France:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bremen Airport (BRE), Bremen, Germany and Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome (QTJ), Chartres, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 448 miles (or 721 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 relatively short distance between Bremen Airport and Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Bremen Airport (BRE):

• The Bremenhalle inside the airport hosts a little aviation and space exploration museum, displaying the Junkers W33 Bremen and the first Spacelab module.
• The furthest airport from Bremen Airport (BRE) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,755 miles (18,918 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Bremen Airport's relatively low elevation of 14 feet, planes can take off or land at Bremen 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.
• 1989 was the first year that the airport had more than one million passengers.
• The closest airport to Bremen Airport (BRE) is Bremerhaven Airport (BRV), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) NNW of BRE.
• In addition to being known as "Bremen Airport", another name for BRE is "Flughafen Bremen".
• The airport can be reached via motorway A1 and the yet only partly completed city motorway A281 which crosses the city of Bremen.
• Bremen Airport (BRE) currently has only 1 runway.
• The United States Army took over the airport and the adjacent aircraft plant in 1945 for use as an airbase.

Facts about Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome (QTJ):

• The French Air Force closed the military air base in 1997.
• KG 100, KG 53, KG 66 were all night bombardment units that engaged in operations over England.
• Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome (QTJ) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome", other names for QTJ include "Aérodrome de Chartres - Champhol" and "Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) A-40".
• It was liberated by Allied ground forces about 21 August 1944 during the Northern France Campaign.
• The closest airport to Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome (QTJ) is Toussus-le-Noble Airport (TNF), which is located 33 miles (54 kilometers) NE of QTJ.
• Just prior to the D-Day landings in Normandy, additional attacks were made on the airfield by B-26 Marauder medium bombers of the IX Bomber Command 322d Bombardment Group during May 1944.
• The furthest airport from Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome (QTJ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome (meaning Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,101 miles (19,475 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome's relatively low elevation of 509 feet, planes can take off or land at Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome 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 facility was a military field, prior to 1870, dedicated to cavalry.