Nonstop flight route between Frankfurt, Germany and Vila Real, Portugal:
Departure Airport:
(50°1'59"N by 8°34'14"E)
Arrival Airport:
(41°16'39"N by 7°43'10"W)
Distance from FRA to VRL:
988.84 miles (1,591.38 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Frankfurt Airport (FRA), Frankfurt, Germany and Vila Real Airport (VRL), Vila Real, Portugal would travel a Great Circle distance of 989 miles (or 1,591 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 Frankfurt Airport and Vila Real Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | FRA / EDDF |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Frankfurt, Germany |
| GPS Coordinates: | 50°1'59"N by 8°34'14"E |
| Area Served: | Frankfurt, Germany |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 364 feet (111 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 3 |
| View all routes: | Routes from FRA |
| More Information: | FRA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | VRL / LPVR |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Vila Real, Portugal |
| GPS Coordinates: | 41°16'39"N by 7°43'10"W |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1831 feet (558 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from VRL |
| More Information: | VRL Maps & Info |
Facts about Frankfurt Airport (FRA):
- Frankfurt Airport (FRA) has 3 runways.
- Frankfurt Airport handled 5,752,725 passengers last year.
- Frankfurt Airport has two large main passenger terminals and a much smaller dedicated First Class Terminal which is operated and exclusively used by Lufthansa.
- Because of Frankfurt Airport's relatively low elevation of 364 feet, planes can take off or land at Frankfurt 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 southern side of the airport ground was home to the Rhein-Main Air Base, which was a major air base for the United States from 1947 until 2005, when the air base was closed and the property was acquired by Fraport.
- In addition to being known as "Frankfurt Airport", another name for FRA is "Flughafen Frankfurt am Main".
- The closest airport to Frankfurt Airport (FRA) is Lucius D. Clay KaserneWiesbaden Army AirfieldWiesbaden Air BaseAdvanced Landing Ground Y-80Fliegerhorst Wiesbaden (WIE), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) W of FRA.
- In 1948 the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway and road access to the sectors of West Berlin under Allied control.
- The furthest airport from Frankfurt Airport (FRA) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,946 miles (19,225 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- In 2011 a large office building called The Squaire opened at Frankfurt Airport.
Facts about Vila Real Airport (VRL):
- The closest airport to Vila Real Airport (VRL) is Braga Airport (BGZ), which is located 43 miles (70 kilometers) WNW of VRL.
- In addition to being known as "Vila Real Airport", another name for VRL is "Aeródromo Municipal de Vila Real".
- The furthest airport from Vila Real Airport (VRL) is Takaka Aerodrome (KTF), which is nearly antipodal to Vila Real Airport (meaning Vila Real Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Takaka Aerodrome), and is located 12,399 miles (19,955 kilometers) away in Takaka, New Zealand.
- Vila Real Airport (VRL) currently has only 1 runway.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 10.98 miles (17.67 km) W | Lucius D. Clay KaserneWiesbaden Army AirfieldWiesbaden Air BaseAdvanced Landing Ground Y-80Fliegerhorst Wiesbaden (WIE) | Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany |     |
| 2 | 19.36 miles (31.15 km) WSW | Mainz Finthen Airport (QMZ) | Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany | |
| 3 | 38.83 miles (62.49 km) S | Mannheim City Airport (MHG) | Mannheim, Germany | |
| 4 | 46.97 miles (75.59 km) SW | Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base (SEX) | Sembach, Germany | |
| 5 | 51.31 miles (82.58 km) NNW | Siegerland Airport (SGE) | Burbach, Germany | |
| 6 | 58.33 miles (93.87 km) W | Frankfurt–Hahn Airport (HHN) | Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany | |
| 7 | 59.40 miles (95.59 km) SW | Ramstein Air Base (RMS) | Ramstein, Germany | |
| 8 | 67.60 miles (108.80 km) ESE | Giebelstadt Airport (GHF) | Giebelstadt, Germany | |
| 9 | 75.37 miles (121.29 km) ESE | Kitzingen Airport (KZG) | Kitzingen, Bavaria, Germany | |
| 10 | 77.35 miles (124.48 km) SW | Zweibrücken Airport (ZQW) | Zweibrücken, Germany | |
| 11 | 81.19 miles (130.66 km) NNE | Fritzlar Air Base (FRZ) | Fritzlar, Hessen, Germany | |
| 12 | 83.28 miles (134.03 km) W | Spangdahlem Air Base (SPM) | Spangdahlem, Germany | |
| 13 | 85.17 miles (137.07 km) NW | Cologne/Bonn Airport (CGN) | Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | |
| 14 | 86.47 miles (139.17 km) SW | Saarbrücken Airport (SCN) | Saarbrücken, Germany | |
| 15 | 89.30 miles (143.71 km) W | Bitburg Airport (BBJ) | Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 11,945.96 miles (19,225.11 km) SSE | Chatham Islands (CHT) | Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand | |
| 2 | 11,555.92 miles (18,597.41 km) ESE | Christchurch International Airport (CHC) | Christchurch, New Zealand | |
| 3 | 11,553.63 miles (18,593.73 km) SE | Hood Aerodrome (MRO) | Masterton, New Zealand | |
| 4 | 11,551.66 miles (18,590.55 km) ESE | Kaikoura Aerodrome (KBZ) | Kaikoura, New Zealand | |
| 5 | 11,551.37 miles (18,590.08 km) ESE | Oamaru Airport (OAM) | Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand | |
| 6 | 11,543.72 miles (18,577.77 km) ESE | Dunedin International Airport (DUD) | Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand | |
| 7 | 11,543.06 miles (18,576.70 km) SE | Wellington International Airport (WLG) | Wellington, New Zealand | |
| 8 | 11,542.46 miles (18,575.75 km) ESE | Ashburton Aerodrome (ASG) | Ashburton, New Zealand | |
| 9 | 11,533.81 miles (18,561.82 km) ESE | Richard Pearse Airport (Timaru Airport) (TIU) | Timaru, New Zealand | |
| 10 | 11,527.90 miles (18,552.31 km) SE | Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) | Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand | |
| 11 | 11,518.81 miles (18,537.68 km) SE | Woodbourne Airport (BHE) | Blenheim, New Zealand | |
| 12 | 11,518.27 miles (18,536.81 km) SE | Palmerston North Airport (PMR) | Palmerston North, New Zealand | |
| 13 | 11,510.45 miles (18,524.23 km) SE | Hawke's Bay Airport (NPE) | Napier, New Zealand | |
| 14 | 11,494.89 miles (18,499.19 km) SE | Gisborne Airport (GIS) | Gisborne, New Zealand | |
| 15 | 11,486.02 miles (18,484.91 km) ESE | Alexandra Aerodrome (ALR) | Alexandra, New Zealand | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 43.23 miles (69.57 km) WNW | Braga Airport (BGZ) | Braga, Portugal | |
| 2 | 49.86 miles (80.24 km) W | Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) | Porto, Portugal | |
| 3 | 65.87 miles (106.01 km) NE | Bragança Airport (BGC) | Bragança, Portugal | |
| 4 | 71.09 miles (114.41 km) S | Covilhã Airport (COV) | Covilhã, Portugal | |
| 5 | 80.70 miles (129.88 km) NW | Vigo Airport (VGO) | Vigo, Galicia, Spain | |
| 6 | 86.87 miles (139.81 km) SSW | Coimbra Airport (CBP) | Coimbra, Portugal | |
| 7 | 117.40 miles (188.94 km) NNW | Santiago de Compostela Airport (SCQ) | Santiago de Compostela, Spain | |
| 8 | 117.61 miles (189.28 km) E | Salamanca-Matacán Airport (SLM) | Salamanca, Spain | |
| 9 | 139.52 miles (224.53 km) NE | León Airport (LEN) | León, Spain | |
| 10 | 143.85 miles (231.51 km) NNW | A Coruña Airport (LCG) | A Coruña, Spain | |
| 11 | 151.34 miles (243.55 km) ENE | Valladolid International Airport (VLL) | Valladolid, Spain | |
| 12 | 171.56 miles (276.11 km) SSE | Badajoz Airport (BJZ) | Badajoz, Spain | |
| 13 | 179.81 miles (289.38 km) NNE | Asturias Airport (OVD) | Oviedo, Asturias, Spain | |
| 14 | 188.45 miles (303.28 km) SSW | Lisbon Portela Airport (LIS) | Lisbon, Portugal | |
| 15 | 221.29 miles (356.13 km) S | Beja Airport (BYJ) | Beja, Portugal | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,399.19 miles (19,954.51 km) SW | Takaka Aerodrome (KTF) | Takaka, New Zealand | |
| 2 | 12,398.20 miles (19,952.92 km) WSW | Motueka Aerodrome (MZP) | Motueka, New Zealand | |
| 3 | 12,388.61 miles (19,937.48 km) SE | Westport Airport (WSZ) | Westport, New Zealand | |
| 4 | 12,387.93 miles (19,936.40 km) W | Nelson AirportTe Papa Waka Rererangi o Whakatū (NSN) | Nelson, New Zealand | |
| 5 | 12,352.73 miles (19,879.74 km) WSW | Woodbourne Airport (BHE) | Blenheim, New Zealand | |
| 6 | 12,337.60 miles (19,855.39 km) SE | Greymouth Airport (GMN) | Greymouth, New Zealand | |
| 7 | 12,332.33 miles (19,846.91 km) SW | Kaikoura Aerodrome (KBZ) | Kaikoura, New Zealand | |
| 8 | 12,317.35 miles (19,822.81 km) SSE | Hokitika Airport (HKK) | Hokitika, New Zealand | |
| 9 | 12,305.70 miles (19,804.05 km) W | Wellington International Airport (WLG) | Wellington, New Zealand | |
| 10 | 12,293.41 miles (19,784.28 km) W | Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) | Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand | |
| 11 | 12,283.43 miles (19,768.21 km) S | Christchurch International Airport (CHC) | Christchurch, New Zealand | |
| 12 | 12,266.57 miles (19,741.08 km) WSW | Wanganui Airport (WAG) | Wanganui, New Zealand | |
| 13 | 12,261.05 miles (19,732.20 km) W | Hood Aerodrome (MRO) | Masterton, New Zealand | |
| 14 | 12,253.71 miles (19,720.39 km) S | Ashburton Aerodrome (ASG) | Ashburton, New Zealand | |
| 15 | 12,250.71 miles (19,715.55 km) SSW | New Plymouth Airport (NPL) | New Plymouth, New Zealand | |