Nonstop flight route between Straubing, Bavaria, Germany and Uden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Straubing Wallmuehle Airport (RBM), Straubing, Bavaria, Germany and Volkel Air Base (UDE), Uden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands would travel a Great Circle distance of 356 miles (or 573 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 Straubing Wallmuehle Airport and Volkel Air Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Straubing Wallmuehle Airport (RBM):

• The furthest airport from Straubing Wallmuehle Airport (RBM) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,883 miles (19,125 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Straubing Wallmuehle Airport", other names for RBM include "Advanced Landing Ground R-68" and "Straubing Wallmühle Airport".
• Its single runway was developed from the former military airfield taxiway, the wartime 5,000-foot runway remaining today closed and unused.
• The closest airport to Straubing Wallmuehle Airport (RBM) is Ingolstadt Manching Airport (IGS), which is located 47 miles (75 kilometers) WSW of RBM.
• Straubing Wallmühle Airport is a regional airport in Germany, located about 3 miles north-northwest of Straubing.
• Straubing Wallmuehle Airport (RBM) currently has only 1 runway.
• The United States Third Army moved into the Straubing area and seized the airfield on 30 April 1945 without opposition.

Facts about Volkel Air Base (UDE):

• The closest airport to Volkel Air Base (UDE) is Weeze Airport (NRN), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) E of UDE.
• The furthest airport from Volkel Air Base (UDE) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,886 miles (19,128 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Volkel Air Base's relatively low elevation of 72 feet, planes can take off or land at Volkel Air Base 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.
• Volkel Air Base is one of several military airfields in the Netherlands, and one of the three major operational bases of the RNLAF, the other two being Leeuwarden Air Base and Gilze-Rijen Air Base.
• It was believed that since the early 1960s, USAF nuclear weapons were stored at Volkel Air Base, to be used by the host nation's aircraft.
• Volkel Air Base (UDE) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Volkel Air Base", other names for UDE include "Vliegbasis Volkel" and "(Advanced Landing Ground B-80)".
• When later that year the south of the Netherlands was liberated, the Royal Air Force took control of the airfield.