Nonstop flight route between Sembach, Germany and St. Moritz / Samedan, Switzerland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base (SEX), Sembach, Germany and Samedan Airport (SMV), St. Moritz / Samedan, Switzerland would travel a Great Circle distance of 227 miles (or 365 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 Samedan 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 |
View all routes: | Routes from SEX |
More Information: | SEX Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SMV / LSZS |
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Location: | St. Moritz / Samedan, Switzerland |
GPS Coordinates: | 46°32'2"N by 9°53'2"E |
Area Served: | St. Moritz, Switzerland |
Airport Type: | Public and military |
Elevation: | 5600 feet (1,707 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SMV |
More Information: | SMV Maps & Info |
Facts about Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base (SEX):
- In January 1958, it was announced that the 66th TRW would transition to the RF-101 Voodoo.
- 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 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 April 1951, German surveyors visited the area in the company of French officers.
- With this announcement, and everyone being satisfied, Sembach became a center of activity once more, and construction of the administrative area of the base began in October 1952.
- In 1939, the German Luftwaffe ordered that the area be reserved for use as a fighter base.
- On 30 November 1954, the 30th TRS received the first Martin RB-57A Canberra, to replace its World War II vintage RB-26 Invaders.
Facts about Samedan Airport (SMV):
- In addition to being known as "Samedan Airport", another name for SMV is "Flughafen Engadin".
- Because of Samedan Airport's high elevation of 5,600 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SMV. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SMV a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Samedan Airport (SMV) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Samedan Airport (meaning Samedan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,075 miles (19,433 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- At an elevation of 1,707 metres, it is one of the highest airports in Europe.
- The closest airport to Samedan Airport (SMV) is Lugano Airport (LUG), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) SW of SMV.
- Samedan Airport (SMV) currently has only 1 runway.