Nonstop flight route between Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Frankfurt–Hahn Airport (HHN), Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany and King Khalid International Airport (RUH), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,717 miles (or 4,373 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–Hahn Airport and King Khalid 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 Frankfurt–Hahn Airport and King Khalid 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: | HHN / EDFH |
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Location: | Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 49°56'53"N by 7°15'51"E |
Area Served: | Rhineland-Palatinate |
Operator/Owner: | Flughafen Frankfurt-Hahn GmbH |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1649 feet (503 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from HHN |
More Information: | HHN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | RUH / OERK |
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Location: | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
GPS Coordinates: | 24°57'28"N by 46°41'56"E |
Area Served: | Riyadh |
Operator/Owner: | The Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2049 feet (625 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from RUH |
More Information: | RUH Maps & Info |
Facts about Frankfurt–Hahn Airport (HHN):
- The German government decided to turn the former airfield into a civil airport.
- In addition to being known as "Frankfurt–Hahn Airport", another name for HHN is "Flughafen Frankfurt-Hahn".
- Ryanair announced the cancellation and reduction of several routes for summer 2014 as three of nine based aircraft are removed.
- The airport consists of one passenger and one cargo terminal.
- Frankfurt–Hahn Airport is almost equidistant from Frankfurt and Luxembourg – the Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof being 123 km from the airport and Gare Centrale Luxembourg being 118 km from the airport.
- The furthest airport from Frankfurt–Hahn Airport (HHN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,978 miles (19,276 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The airport has no railway station.
- The closest airport to Frankfurt–Hahn Airport (HHN) is Spangdahlem Air Base (SPM), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) W of HHN.
- Frankfurt–Hahn Airport (HHN) currently has only 1 runway.
- Frankfurt–Hahn Airport is a commercial airport located 10 km from the town of Kirchberg and 20 km from the town of Simmern in the Rhein-Hunsrück district of Rhineland-Palatinate to the west of central Germany.
Facts about King Khalid International Airport (RUH):
- The United States Air Force effectively took over these facilities temporarily from August 1990 through May 1991 as an airbase for aerial refueling tanker operations in support of the Gulf War.
- The closest airport to King Khalid International Airport (RUH) is Dawadmi Domestic Airport (DWD), which is located 166 miles (266 kilometers) WSW of RUH.
- The elevators, escalators and moving walkways all have the latest safety equipment installed.
- KKIA has more than 500,000 square metres of landscaping.
- The terminals are connected to each other by means of three linking buildings, These buildings are 168 metres long.
- In addition to being known as "King Khalid International Airport", another name for RUH is "مطار الملك خالد الدولي".
- This airport consists of 4 passenger terminals with eight aero-bridges each, a mosque, covered and uncovered car parking for 11,600 vehicles, a Royal Terminal, a central control tower, and two parallel runways, which are each 4,260 metres long.
- The furthest airport from King Khalid International Airport (RUH) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is nearly antipodal to King Khalid International Airport (meaning King Khalid International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Totegegie Airport), and is located 12,273 miles (19,752 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
- King Khalid International Airport handled 13,919,000 passengers last year.
- This airport was an alternative landing site for NASA's Space Shuttle.
- A general aviation complex has been constructed north of runway number 1 for use by private aircraft and is reached by a special access road which runs north from the airport access highway.
- King Khalid International Airport (RUH) has 2 runways.