Nonstop flight route between Ely, Minnesota, United States and Luxembourg-Findel, Luxembourg:
Departure Airport:
(47°49'27"N by 91°49'50"W)
Arrival Airport:
(49°37'23"N by 6°12'15"E)
Distance from LYU to LUX:
4,128.36 miles (6,643.93 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Ely Municipal Airport (LYU), Ely, Minnesota, United States and Luxembourg Airport (LUX), Luxembourg-Findel, Luxembourg would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,128 miles (or 6,644 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 Ely Municipal Airport and Luxembourg 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 Ely Municipal Airport and Luxembourg Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | LYU / KELO |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Ely, Minnesota, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 47°49'27"N by 91°49'50"W |
| Area Served: | Ely, Minnesota |
| Operator/Owner: | City of Ely |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1456 feet (444 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from LYU |
| More Information: | LYU Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | LUX / ELLX |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Luxembourg-Findel, Luxembourg |
| GPS Coordinates: | 49°37'23"N by 6°12'15"E |
| Area Served: | Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |
| Operator/Owner: | Luxembourg Airport Authority |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1234 feet (376 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from LUX |
| More Information: | LUX Maps & Info |
Facts about Ely Municipal Airport (LYU):
- In addition to being known as "Ely Municipal Airport", another name for LYU is "ELO".
- Ely Municipal Airport (LYU) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Ely Municipal Airport (LYU) is Range Regional Airport (HIB), which is located 56 miles (90 kilometers) WSW of LYU.
- Ely Municipal Airport is in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, four miles south of Ely, which owns it.
- The furthest airport from Ely Municipal Airport (LYU) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,748 miles (17,296 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
Facts about Luxembourg Airport (LUX):
- The furthest airport from Luxembourg Airport (LUX) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Luxembourg Airport (meaning Luxembourg Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,016 miles (19,338 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Luxembourg Airport (LUX) currently has only 1 runway.
- Luxembourg Airport handled 2,197,331 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Luxembourg Airport (LUX) is Bitburg Airport (BBJ), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) NE of LUX.
- In addition to being known as "Luxembourg Airport", other names for LUX include "Fluchhafe Lëtzebuerg", "Aéroport de Luxembourg" and "Flughafen Luxemburg".
- United States Army combat engineers arrived at Sandweiler in mid September 1944 and performed some minor reconstruction to prepare the airfield for Ninth Air Force combat aircraft.
- Terminal B opened in 2004, the building is unique as it only has gates and no check-in counters or arrivals hall.
- Sandweiler Airport was used by the Americans for the rest of the war as a transport supply airfield and also to evacuate combat casualties to England.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 55.86 miles (89.89 km) WSW | Range Regional Airport (HIB) | Hibbing, Minnesota, United States |     |
| 2 | 66.19 miles (106.53 km) N | Atikokan Municipal Aerodrome (YIB) | Atikokan, Ontario, Canada | |
| 3 | 67.16 miles (108.08 km) E | Grand Marais/Cook County Airport (GRM) | Grand Marais, Minnesota, United States | |
| 4 | 69.96 miles (112.59 km) SSW | Duluth International Airport (DLH) | Duluth, Minnesota, United States | |
| 5 | 79.37 miles (127.74 km) S | Richard I. Bong Airport (SUW) | Superior, Wisconsin, United States | |
| 6 | 88.65 miles (142.68 km) NW | Falls International Airport (INL) | International Falls, Minnesota, United States | |
| 7 | 89.07 miles (143.34 km) WSW | Grand Rapids - Itasca County Airport (GPZ) | Grand Rapids, Minnesota, United States | |
| 8 | 93.68 miles (150.76 km) NW | Fort Frances Municipal Airport (YAG) | Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada | |
| 9 | 98.00 miles (157.72 km) SSE | John F. Kennedy Memorial Airport (ASX) | Ashland, Wisconsin, United States | |
| 10 | 111.03 miles (178.69 km) N | Ignace Municipal Airport (ZUC) | Ignace, Ontario, Canada | |
| 11 | 120.00 miles (193.11 km) SE | Gogebic-Iron County Airport (IWD) | Ironwood, Michigan, United States | |
| 12 | 121.80 miles (196.02 km) ENE | Thunder Bay International Airport (YQT) | Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada | |
| 13 | 125.64 miles (202.20 km) S | Sawyer County Airport (HYR) | Hayward, Wisconsin, United States | |
| 14 | 142.32 miles (229.04 km) WNW | Baudette International Airport (BDE) | Baudette, Minnesota, United States | |
| 15 | 144.77 miles (232.99 km) NNW | Dryden Regional Airport (YHD) | Dryden, Ontario, Canada | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 10,747.51 miles (17,296.39 km) WSW | Margaret River Airport (MGV) | Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 2 | 10,723.46 miles (17,257.69 km) WSW | Busselton Regional Airport (BQB) | Busselton, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 3 | 10,718.88 miles (17,250.32 km) WSW | Manjimup Airport (MJP) | Manjimup, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 4 | 10,697.23 miles (17,215.49 km) WSW | Bunbury Airport (BUY) | Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 5 | 10,677.09 miles (17,183.06 km) WSW | Albany Airport (ALH) | Albany, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 6 | 10,636.79 miles (17,118.21 km) WSW | Rottnest Airport (RTS) | Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 7 | 10,627.97 miles (17,104.02 km) WSW | Katanning Airport (KNI) | Katanning, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 8 | 10,627.14 miles (17,102.68 km) WSW | Jandakot Airport (JAD) | Jandakot, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 9 | 10,615.90 miles (17,084.59 km) WSW | Perth Airport (PER) | Perth, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 10 | 10,570.78 miles (17,011.98 km) WSW | Jurien Bay Airport (JUR) | Jurien Bay, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 11 | 10,505.69 miles (16,907.23 km) WSW | Geraldton Airport (GET) | Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 12 | 10,475.34 miles (16,858.38 km) WSW | Morawa Airport (MWB) | Morawa, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 13 | 10,463.49 miles (16,839.31 km) SW | Kalbarri Airport (KAX) | Kalbarri, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 14 | 10,457.09 miles (16,829.01 km) WSW | Mullewa Airport (MXU) | Mullewa, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 15 | 10,444.96 miles (16,809.49 km) WSW | Esperance Airport (EPR) | Esperance, Australia | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 27.45 miles (44.18 km) NE | Bitburg Airport (BBJ) | Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany | |
| 2 | 32.80 miles (52.79 km) NE | Spangdahlem Air Base (SPM) | Spangdahlem, Germany | |
| 3 | 44.61 miles (71.79 km) S | Metz–Nancy–Lorraine Airport (ETZ) | Lorraine, France | |
| 4 | 49.52 miles (79.70 km) SE | Saarbrücken Airport (SCN) | Saarbrücken, Germany | |
| 5 | 52.34 miles (84.23 km) ENE | Frankfurt–Hahn Airport (HHN) | Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany | |
| 6 | 60.90 miles (98.00 km) ESE | Zweibrücken Airport (ZQW) | Zweibrücken, Germany | |
| 7 | 63.89 miles (102.83 km) E | Ramstein Air Base (RMS) | Ramstein, Germany | |
| 8 | 74.72 miles (120.25 km) E | Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base (SEX) | Sembach, Germany | |
| 9 | 77.76 miles (125.14 km) NNW | Liège Airport (LGG) | Liège, Wallonia, Belgium | |
| 10 | 82.92 miles (133.44 km) N | Merzbrück Airfield (AAH) | Aachen, Germany | |
| 11 | 89.84 miles (144.58 km) ENE | Mainz Finthen Airport (QMZ) | Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany | |
| 12 | 89.94 miles (144.75 km) S | Épinal - Mirecourt Airport (EPL) | Juvaincourt, Vosges, France | |
| 13 | 91.28 miles (146.89 km) NNW | Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST) | Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands | |
| 14 | 92.69 miles (149.17 km) N | NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen E–3A Component (GKE) | Geilenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | |
| 15 | 95.33 miles (153.43 km) NNE | Cologne/Bonn Airport (CGN) | Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,015.88 miles (19,337.64 km) SSE | Chatham Islands (CHT) | Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand | |
| 2 | 11,663.00 miles (18,769.73 km) ESE | Christchurch International Airport (CHC) | Christchurch, New Zealand | |
| 3 | 11,660.45 miles (18,765.63 km) ESE | Oamaru Airport (OAM) | Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand | |
| 4 | 11,655.71 miles (18,758.00 km) SE | Kaikoura Aerodrome (KBZ) | Kaikoura, New Zealand | |
| 5 | 11,652.78 miles (18,753.28 km) ESE | Dunedin International Airport (DUD) | Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand | |
| 6 | 11,650.54 miles (18,749.68 km) ESE | Ashburton Aerodrome (ASG) | Ashburton, New Zealand | |
| 7 | 11,650.29 miles (18,749.28 km) SE | Hood Aerodrome (MRO) | Masterton, New Zealand | |
| 8 | 11,642.52 miles (18,736.77 km) SE | Wellington International Airport (WLG) | Wellington, New Zealand | |
| 9 | 11,642.49 miles (18,736.72 km) ESE | Richard Pearse Airport (Timaru Airport) (TIU) | Timaru, New Zealand | |
| 10 | 11,625.91 miles (18,710.04 km) SE | Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) | Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand | |
| 11 | 11,620.50 miles (18,701.33 km) SE | Woodbourne Airport (BHE) | Blenheim, New Zealand | |
| 12 | 11,613.25 miles (18,689.67 km) SE | Palmerston North Airport (PMR) | Palmerston North, New Zealand | |
| 13 | 11,599.48 miles (18,667.50 km) SE | Hawke's Bay Airport (NPE) | Napier, New Zealand | |
| 14 | 11,595.19 miles (18,660.61 km) ESE | Alexandra Aerodrome (ALR) | Alexandra, New Zealand | |
| 15 | 11,586.49 miles (18,646.60 km) SE | Nelson AirportTe Papa Waka Rererangi o Whakatū (NSN) | Nelson, New Zealand | |