Nonstop flight route between Fritzlar, Hessen, Germany and Ujae Atoll, Marshall Islands:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Fritzlar Air Base (FRZ), Fritzlar, Hessen, Germany and Ujae Airport (UJE), Ujae Atoll, Marshall Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,056 miles (or 12,965 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 Fritzlar Air Base and Ujae 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 Fritzlar Air Base and Ujae Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Fritzlar Air Base (FRZ):

• In October 1956 the barracks were transferred to the Bundeswehr and renamed Flugplatz Kaserne.
• Construction of the airfield began in September 1935, although the Treaty of Versailles prohibited Germany to have an air force.
• The furthest airport from Fritzlar Air Base (FRZ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,865 miles (19,096 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Fritzlar Air Base", another name for FRZ is "Heeresflugplatz FritzlarAdvanced Landing Ground Y-86".
• The 1st Battalion left Fritzlar in 1951 and moved to Bad Hersfeld.
• The closest airport to Fritzlar Air Base (FRZ) is Kassel Calden Airport (KSF), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) NNE of FRZ.
• After V-E Day, both groups became part of the IX Air Defense Command.
• Fritzlar Air Base (FRZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Fritzlar Air Base's relatively low elevation of 566 feet, planes can take off or land at Fritzlar Air Base 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 Ujae Airport (UJE):

• The furthest airport from Ujae Airport (UJE) is RAF Ascension (ASI), which is nearly antipodal to Ujae Airport (meaning Ujae Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAF Ascension), and is located 12,370 miles (19,907 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena.
• The closest airport to Ujae Airport (UJE) is Lae Airport (LML), which is located 34 miles (55 kilometers) E of UJE.