Nonstop flight route between Frankfurt, Germany and Yangambi, Democratic Republic of the Congo:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Frankfurt Airport (FRA), Frankfurt, Germany and Yangambi Airport (YAN), Yangambi, Democratic Republic of the Congo would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,528 miles (or 5,678 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 Frankfurt Airport and Yangambi 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 Frankfurt Airport and Yangambi Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FRA / EDDF |
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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: | YAN / FZIR |
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Location: | Yangambi, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
GPS Coordinates: | 0°48'0"N by 24°26'59"E |
Elevation: | 1348 feet (411 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from YAN |
More Information: | YAN Maps & Info |
Facts about Frankfurt Airport (FRA):
- The runway officially went into operation on 20 October 2011, with an aircraft carrying Chancellor Angela Merkel performing the first landing on 21 October.
- 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 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.
- The Frankfurt Rhein-Main Airport and Airship Base was officially opened on 8 July 1936.
- With the foundation of Deutsche Luft Hansa in 1926 a rapid boom of civilian air travel started and soon the airship base became too small to handle the demand.
- Frankfurt Airport is a major international airport located in Frankfurt, the fifth-largest city of Germany and one of the world's leading financial centers.
- Frankfurt Airport (FRA) has 3 runways.
- 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.
- Terminal 2, which has a capacity of 15 million passengers a year, was opened in 1994 and is divided into concourses D and E.
- In addition to being known as "Frankfurt Airport", another name for FRA is "Flughafen Frankfurt am Main".
- In 1962 it was decided to build an even larger terminal with a capacity of 30 million passengers per year.
- Frankfurt Airport handled 5,752,725 passengers last year.
Facts about Yangambi Airport (YAN):
- The closest airport to Yangambi Airport (YAN) is Bangoka International Airport (FKI), which is located 65 miles (105 kilometers) ESE of YAN.
- In addition to being known as "Yangambi Airport", another name for YAN is "Yangambi Airport".
- The furthest airport from Yangambi Airport (YAN) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is nearly antipodal to Yangambi Airport (meaning Yangambi Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cassidy International Airport), and is located 12,208 miles (19,646 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.