Nonstop flight route between Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands and Rochester, Kent, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST), Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands and Rochester Airport (RCS), Rochester, Kent, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 231 miles (or 371 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 relatively short distance between Maastricht Aachen Airport and Rochester Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MST / EHBK |
Airport Name: | Maastricht Aachen Airport |
Location: | Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands |
GPS Coordinates: | 50°54'56"N by 5°46'36"E |
Area Served: | Maastricht, Netherlands Aachen, Germany |
Operator/Owner: | Maastricht Aachen Airport BV |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 375 feet (114 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MST |
More Information: | MST Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | RCS / EGTO |
Airport Name: | Rochester Airport |
Location: | Rochester, Kent, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°21'6"N by 0°30'10"E |
Operator/Owner: | Rochester Airport Ltd. |
Airport Type: | Private |
Elevation: | 426 feet (130 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from RCS |
More Information: | RCS Maps & Info |
Facts about Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST):
- Around 1980 the airport changed its name to "Maastricht Airport".
- Because of Maastricht Aachen Airport's relatively low elevation of 375 feet, planes can take off or land at Maastricht Aachen 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.
- Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST) currently has only 1 runway.
- In 1946, the service was taken over by KLM, using DC-3 Dakotas.
- On 7 May 2005, Air Force One carrying US president George W.
- An ILS system, which allows landings in poor weather, was built in 1967, for runway 22 only.
- The closest airport to Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST) is NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen E–3A Component (GKE), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) ENE of MST.
- The field was built in less than 2 months and was operational on 22 March 1945, and was designated Y-44.
- After the allied invasion of Normandy, the USAAF Ninth Air Force, specifically the IX Engineer Command, was tasked with constructing temporary airfields close to the advancing front.
- Maastricht Aachen Airport handled 36,300 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,935 miles (19,207 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The late 1950s and early 1960s brought significant expansion in commercial operations at the airport.
- The runway was 5,565 feet and reinforced with pierced steel planks.
Facts about Rochester Airport (RCS):
- In 1934-5 Short Brothers took over the Rochester Airport site when they moved some of their personnel from the existing seaplane works.
- Rochester airport was bombed heavily during the war by a wing of Dornier Do 17s on 15 August 1940.
- Rochester Airport (RCS) has 3 runways.
- Shorts concentrated their work in Belfast, leaving the Medway towns in 1946.
- The furthest airport from Rochester Airport (RCS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,897 miles (19,146 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Because of Rochester Airport's relatively low elevation of 426 feet, planes can take off or land at Rochester 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 Rochester Airport (RCS) is London Southend Airport (SEN), which is located only 17 miles (28 kilometers) NNE of RCS.
- In 2013 the Conservative led Medway Council announced there wish for some of the airport land to be separated off and developed for Industrial use.
- Rochester City Council compulsory purchased the land at Rochester Airfield in September 1933 from the landowner as the site for a municipal airport.