Nonstop flight route between Springfield, Illinois, United States and Tegel / Berlin, Germany:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from SPI to TXL:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- SPI Airport Information
- TXL Airport Information
- Facts about SPI
- Facts about TXL
- Map of Nearest Airports to SPI
- List of Nearest Airports to SPI
- Map of Furthest Airports from SPI
- List of Furthest Airports from SPI
- Map of Nearest Airports to TXL
- List of Nearest Airports to TXL
- Map of Furthest Airports from TXL
- List of Furthest Airports from TXL
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (SPI), Springfield, Illinois, United States and Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL), Tegel / Berlin, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,572 miles (or 7,358 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 Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport and Berlin Tegel 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 Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport and Berlin Tegel Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SPI / KSPI |
Airport Name: | Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport |
Location: | Springfield, Illinois, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°50'39"N by 89°40'41"W |
Area Served: | Springfield, Illinois |
Operator/Owner: | Springfield Airport Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 598 feet (182 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from SPI |
More Information: | SPI Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TXL / EDDT |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Tegel / Berlin, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°33'34"N by 13°17'16"E |
Area Served: | Berlin, Germany |
Operator/Owner: | Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 122 feet (37 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from TXL |
More Information: | TXL Maps & Info |
Facts about Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (SPI):
- Because of Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport's relatively low elevation of 598 feet, planes can take off or land at Abraham Lincoln Capital 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 Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (SPI) is Decatur Airport (DEC), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) E of SPI.
- The airport was served by Ozark Airlines with Douglas DC-9s and Fairchild Hiller FH-227s to St.
- The furthest airport from Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (SPI) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,013 miles (17,724 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (SPI) has 3 runways.
- The airport is home to Capital Airport Air National Guard Station, a 91-acre facility on land leased from the Springfield Airport Authority.
Facts about Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL):
- Initially, all commercial flights used the original terminal building, which was situated to the North of the runway, at what is today the military part of the airport.
- Because of Berlin Tegel Airport's relatively low elevation of 122 feet, planes can take off or land at Berlin Tegel 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 Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL) is Berlin Tempelhof Airport (THF), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) SE of TXL.
- In addition to being known as "Berlin Tegel Airport", another name for TXL is "Flughafen Berlin-Tegel".
- Berlin Tegel Airport handled 19,591,849 passengers last year.
- British Airways was the last of West Berlin's three main scheduled carriers to commence regular operations from Tegel following the move from Tempelhof on 1 September 1975.
- The furthest airport from Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,685 miles (18,805 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Air France subsequently routed all of its CDG–Tegel flights via Düsseldorf and standardised the aircraft equipment on the 727-200/200 Advanced.
- Following the cessation of direct Tegel–New York City scheduled services, Pan Am continued to operate affinity group/Advance Booking Charter flights from Tegel to the US on an ad hoc basis.
- British Dakota and Hastings aircraft carrying essential goods and raw materials began using Tegel on a regular basis from 17 November 1948.
- Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL) has 2 runways.