Nonstop flight route between Giebelstadt, Germany and Novato, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Giebelstadt Airport (GHF), Giebelstadt, Germany and Marin County Airport (NOT), Novato, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,716 miles (or 9,199 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 Giebelstadt Airport and Marin County 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 Giebelstadt Airport and Marin County Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Giebelstadt Airport (GHF):

• The closest airport to Giebelstadt Airport (GHF) is Kitzingen Airport (KZG), which is located only 12 miles (20 kilometers) ENE of GHF.
• The furthest airport from Giebelstadt Airport (GHF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,932 miles (19,203 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Giebelstadt Airport (GHF) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Giebelstadt Airport's relatively low elevation of 980 feet, planes can take off or land at Giebelstadt 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.
• In addition to being known as "Giebelstadt Airport", another name for GHF is "EDQG".

Facts about Marin County Airport (NOT):

• Gnoss Field is known to local pilots and flight instructors as an excellent airport to practice crosswind landings, especially during afternoons in the late spring and summer when the west wind picks up.
• Because of Marin County Airport's relatively low elevation of 2 feet, planes can take off or land at Marin County 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 Marin County Airport (NOT) is Napa County Airport (APC), which is located only 16 miles (25 kilometers) ENE of NOT.
• AWOS reports more closely conditions on the 31 end of the runway, and wind conditions are commonly significantly different on each end of the runway.
• Marin County Airport (NOT) currently has only 1 runway.
• The typical Gnoss Field crosswind landing conditions on runway 31 are a stronger than reported headwind on right base and, in a typical training aircraft, a slight amount of wind shear about 100 feet before the runway 31 threshold, settling down to a steady crosswind - but then adding to a slight headwind component, just past the near west side hangars.
• In addition to being known as "Marin County Airport", other names for NOT include "Gnoss Field" and "DVO".
• The furthest airport from Marin County Airport (NOT) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,343 miles (18,254 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• Gnoss has two windsocks.
• In 1968 the County of Marin bought the airport and moved it to its present location.