Nonstop flight route between Groningen / Eelde, Netherlands and Cleveland, Ohio, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Groningen Airport Eelde (GRQ), Groningen / Eelde, Netherlands and Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE), Cleveland, Ohio, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,953 miles (or 6,362 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 Groningen Airport Eelde and Cleveland Hopkins International 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 Groningen Airport Eelde and Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GRQ / EHGG |
Airport Name: | Groningen Airport Eelde |
Location: | Groningen / Eelde, Netherlands |
GPS Coordinates: | 53°7'30"N by 6°34'59"E |
Area Served: | Groningen, Netherlands |
Operator/Owner: | Groningen Airport Eelde NV |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 17 feet (5 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from GRQ |
More Information: | GRQ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CLE / KCLE |
Airport Name: | Cleveland Hopkins International Airport |
Location: | Cleveland, Ohio, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 41°24'42"N by 81°50'58"W |
Area Served: | Cleveland, Ohio |
Operator/Owner: | City of Cleveland |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 791 feet (241 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from CLE |
More Information: | CLE Maps & Info |
Facts about Groningen Airport Eelde (GRQ):
- During the period 1979−1982, the buildings housing the State Aviation Service and the meteorological service were modernised.
- On July 13, 1928 the community's council agrees on a proposal to allocate 'Hakenkampsveld', a 12 hectare terrain within the municipality of Eelde, as an airport.
- The Canadians called the site "Finitocamp"
- Groningen Airport Eelde (GRQ) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Groningen Airport Eelde (GRQ) is Emden Airport (EME), which is located 32 miles (52 kilometers) NE of GRQ.
- Because of Groningen Airport Eelde's relatively low elevation of 17 feet, planes can take off or land at Groningen Airport Eelde 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 1933, the airport's name was changed into "NV Luchthaven Eelde".
- During World War II, between 1940 and 1945, the airport was occupied by the German Military.
- Groningen Airport Eelde handled 20,866 passengers last year.
- The airfield returns to the hands of the NV Luchtvaartterrein Noord-Nederland.
- During he 1960s, the regular scheduled services were restored.
- The furthest airport from Groningen Airport Eelde (GRQ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,778 miles (18,956 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- In 1997, the Dutch government planned to stop financial support to most regional airports.
Facts about Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE):
- On September 14, 2007, Continental announced a "major expansion" at Hopkins that would have increased the hub's capacity by some 40% over a two-year period.
- Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) has 3 runways.
- The airport, Cleveland community, and Continental developed something of an uneasy relationship beginning in the late 1990s.
- The closest airport to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) is Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport (BKL), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) NE of CLE.
- Recently completed was a project that moved both thresholds of Runway 10/28 330 feet to the east, thus allowing for the addition of EMAS at both ends.
- From the postwar era until the mid-1980s, United Airlines maintained its eastern-most domestic hub at CLE.
- For weather-related issues, United would sometimes divert EWR-bound international 767s and 777s into CLE.
- The furthest airport from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,378 miles (18,311 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Because of Cleveland Hopkins International Airport's relatively low elevation of 791 feet, planes can take off or land at Cleveland Hopkins International 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.