Nonstop flight route between Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and Vilanculos, Mozambique:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Düsseldorf Airport (DUS), Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and Vilankulo Airport (VNX), Vilanculos, Mozambique would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,353 miles (or 8,616 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 Düsseldorf Airport and Vilankulo 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 Düsseldorf Airport and Vilankulo Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DUS / EDDL |
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Location: | Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°17'21"N by 6°46'0"E |
Area Served: | Düsseldorf, Germany |
Operator/Owner: | Flughafen Düsseldorf GmbH |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 147 feet (45 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from DUS |
More Information: | DUS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | VNX / FQVL |
Airport Name: | Vilankulo Airport |
Location: | Vilanculos, Mozambique |
GPS Coordinates: | 22°1'6"S by 35°18'47"E |
Area Served: | Vilankulo |
Operator/Owner: | Aeroportos de Mocambique (Mozambique Airports Company) |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 46 feet (14 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from VNX |
More Information: | VNX Maps & Info |
Facts about Düsseldorf Airport (DUS):
- Düsseldorf Airport handled 20,830,000 passengers last year.
- Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) has 2 runways.
- Düsseldorf Airport has three terminals connected by a central spine, even though the terminals are essentially concourses within a single terminal building.
- The first aviation event in the area was the landing of Zeppelin LZ3 on 19 September 1909 about 3 kilometres south of the present airport.
- The closest airport to Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) is Düsseldorf Mönchengladbach Airport (MGL), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) WSW of DUS.
- The furthest airport from Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,899 miles (19,149 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Since 2003, an area of 23 hectares south-west of the airport terminal has been under redevelopment as Düsseldorf Airport City with an anticipated gross floor area of 250,000 square metres to be completed by 2016.
- Terminal B was opened in 1973 and has 11 gates used mainly for domestic and EU-flights by Air Berlin and SkyTeam and Oneworld members.
- Düsseldorf Airport is the largest and primary airport for the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region – the largest metropolitan region in Germany and among the largest metropolitan areas of the world.
- A fully automatic, suspended monorail called SkyTrain connects the long distance station to the parking areas and the passenger terminals and also serves as an inter-terminal connection.
- In 1986 Terminal C was opened and 8.22 million passengers used the airport – making it number two in Germany.
- In addition to being known as "Düsseldorf Airport", another name for DUS is "Flughafen Düsseldorf".
- Because of Düsseldorf Airport's relatively low elevation of 147 feet, planes can take off or land at Düsseldorf 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.
Facts about Vilankulo Airport (VNX):
- The closest airport to Vilankulo Airport (VNX) is Benguerra Island Airport (BCW), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) NE of VNX.
- Because of Vilankulo Airport's relatively low elevation of 46 feet, planes can take off or land at Vilankulo 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 Vilankulo Airport (VNX) is Hilo International Airport (ITO), which is located 11,749 miles (18,909 kilometers) away in Hilo, Hawaii, United States.
- Vilankulo Airport (VNX) has 2 runways.