Nonstop flight route between Sembach, Germany and Beja, Portugal:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base (SEX), Sembach, Germany and Beja Airport (BYJ), Beja, Portugal would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,112 miles (or 1,790 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 Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base and Beja Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SEX / ETAS |
Airport Name: | Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base |
Location: | Sembach, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 49°31'41"N by 7°51'56"E |
Operator/Owner: | United States with authority from Germany |
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More Information: | SEX Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BYJ / LPBJ |
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Location: | Beja, Portugal |
GPS Coordinates: | 38°4'44"N by 7°55'57"W |
Area Served: | Beja, Portugal |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Portugal |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 636 feet (194 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
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More Information: | BYJ Maps & Info |
Facts about Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base (SEX):
- The furthest airport from Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base (SEX) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,992 miles (19,299 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The farmers joined forces and forcibly hindered the surveyors, injuring one of them.
- In 1939, the German Luftwaffe ordered that the area be reserved for use as a fighter base.
- The closest airport to Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base (SEX) is Ramstein Air Base (RMS), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) WSW of SEX.
- In the middle of April 1952, the residents of Sembach learned that the land to the north of the now completed flightline was to be used for the construction of multi-story barracks and office buildings.
- After the departure of the 66th, Sembach was taken over by the 7127th Support Group in June 1958 as a 'placeholder' unit.
- In April 1951, German surveyors visited the area in the company of French officers.
- As 1957 progressed USAFE HQ decided to reorganizs its tactical reconnaissance assets.
- Sembach Kaserne is a United States Army installation in Sembach, Germany, near Kaiserslautern, and is about 19 miles east of Ramstein Air Base.
Facts about Beja Airport (BYJ):
- Because of Beja Airport's relatively low elevation of 636 feet, planes can take off or land at Beja 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.
- An airbase was established on 21 October 1964, originally built to serve as a training facility for the West German Air Force, due to airspace limitations within West Germany.
- In addition to being known as "Beja Airport", another name for BYJ is "Aeroporto de Beja".
- In spite of being the only Portuguese airport in Alentejo—the biggest Portuguese region, with an area comparable to the size of Belgium—the airport failed to attract the attention of low-cost carriers and has never had any scheduled regular flights.
- Beja Airport is an unused Portuguese airport that opened doors to civilian flights on April 15, 2011.
- The closest airport to Beja Airport (BYJ) is Portimão Airport (PRM), which is located 73 miles (118 kilometers) SSW of BYJ.
- Beja Airport (BYJ) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Beja Airport (BYJ) is New Plymouth Airport (NPL), which is nearly antipodal to Beja Airport (meaning Beja Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from New Plymouth Airport), and is located 12,306 miles (19,804 kilometers) away in New Plymouth, New Zealand.