Nonstop flight route between Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany and Port Sudan, Sudan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Mainz Finthen Airport (QMZ), Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany and Port Sudan New International Airport (PZU), Port Sudan, Sudan would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,646 miles (or 4,258 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 Mainz Finthen Airport and Port Sudan New 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 Mainz Finthen Airport and Port Sudan New 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: | QMZ / EDFZ |
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Location: | Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 49°58'8"N by 8°8'47"E |
Area Served: | Mainz, Germany |
Airport Type: | Civil |
Elevation: | 525 feet (160 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from QMZ |
More Information: | QMZ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PZU / HSPN |
Airport Name: | Port Sudan New International Airport |
Location: | Port Sudan, Sudan |
GPS Coordinates: | 19°26'0"N by 37°14'3"E |
Area Served: | Port Sudan, Sudan |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 141 feet (43 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from PZU |
More Information: | PZU Maps & Info |
Facts about Mainz Finthen Airport (QMZ):
- The closest airport to Mainz Finthen Airport (QMZ) is Lucius D. Clay KaserneWiesbaden Army AirfieldWiesbaden Air BaseAdvanced Landing Ground Y-80Fliegerhorst Wiesbaden (WIE), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) NE of QMZ.
- Mainz Finthen Airport (QMZ) has 2 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Mainz Finthen Airport", other names for QMZ include "Flugplatz Mainz-Finthen" and "Advanced Landing Ground Y-64".
- The furthest airport from Mainz Finthen Airport (QMZ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,959 miles (19,246 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The airport has a commercial café and snack bar.
- The airfield was taken by elements of the XII Corps, 90th Division, of the Third United States Army under the command of General George S.
- Because of Mainz Finthen Airport's relatively low elevation of 525 feet, planes can take off or land at Mainz Finthen 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 airport has numerous World War II relics, the largest being the wartime German hangar.
- Allied Army units moved into the Mainz area in mid-March 1945 as part of the Western Allied invasion of Germany and Ober-Olm airfield was attacked by Ninth Air Force B-26 Marauder medium bombers and P-47 Thunderbolt fighter-bombers to deny the retreating German forces use of the facility.
- Mainz Finthen Airport.
- The airport was taken over by the French military in July 1945, and engineers moved in to clear the wartime wreckage and rebuild the facility.
Facts about Port Sudan New International Airport (PZU):
- Port Sudan New International Airport (PZU) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Port Sudan New International Airport (PZU) is King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED), which is located 199 miles (320 kilometers) NE of PZU.
- The furthest airport from Port Sudan New International Airport (PZU) is Hao Airport (HOI), which is nearly antipodal to Port Sudan New International Airport (meaning Port Sudan New International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hao Airport), and is located 12,285 miles (19,771 kilometers) away in Hao, Tuamotu Island, French Polynesia.
- Because of Port Sudan New International Airport's relatively low elevation of 141 feet, planes can take off or land at Port Sudan New 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.