Nonstop flight route between Stuttgart, Germany and Fairbanks / Fort Wainwright, Alaska, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Stuttgart Airport (STR), Stuttgart, Germany and Ladd Army Airfield (FBK), Fairbanks / Fort Wainwright, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,495 miles (or 7,233 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 Stuttgart Airport and Ladd Army Airfield, 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 Stuttgart Airport and Ladd Army Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | STR / EDDS |
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Location: | Stuttgart, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 48°41'23"N by 9°13'18"E |
Area Served: | Stuttgart, Germany |
Operator/Owner: | Flughafen Stuttgart GmbH |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1276 feet (389 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from STR |
More Information: | STR Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FBK / PAFB |
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Location: | Fairbanks / Fort Wainwright, Alaska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 64°50'15"N by 147°36'51"W |
Area Served: | Fort Wainwright |
Operator/Owner: | United States Army |
Airport Type: | Military: Army Airfield |
Elevation: | 454 feet (138 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from FBK |
More Information: | FBK Maps & Info |
Facts about Stuttgart Airport (STR):
- The closest airport to Stuttgart Airport (STR) is Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof (ZWS), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) NNW of STR.
- From the cities of Esslingen am Neckar, Reutlingen and Tübingen exists a connection by bus.
- Stuttgart Airport can be easily reached within 30 minutes from the city's central railway station using the Stuttgart suburban railway S2 or S3 from Stuttgart Flughafen/Messe station.
- Stuttgart Airport is an international airport located approximately 13 km in a straight line) south of Stuttgart, Germany.
- For the duration of the Cold War the runway and facilities were shared with the United States Army who operated helicopters, the Grumman OV-1 Mohawk and other fixed wing aircraft at Echterdingen Army Airfield on the southern portion of the facility.
- Stuttgart Airport consists of four passenger terminals which have separate check-in facilities and entrances but are directly connected to each other and share a single airside area which features eight Jet bridges as well as about two dozen bus-boarding stands.
- In addition to being known as "Stuttgart Airport", another name for STR is "Flughafen Stuttgart".
- Politicians, town planners and nearby residents have been arguing for years about the construction of a second runway.
- The furthest airport from Stuttgart Airport (STR) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Stuttgart Airport (meaning Stuttgart Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,004 miles (19,319 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Stuttgart Airport (STR) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Ladd Army Airfield (FBK):
- The closest airport to Ladd Army Airfield (FBK) is Fairbanks International Airport (FAI), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) WSW of FBK.
- Because of Ladd Army Airfield's relatively low elevation of 454 feet, planes can take off or land at Ladd Army Airfield 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.
- In addition to being known as "Ladd Army Airfield", another name for FBK is "(Ladd Air Force Base)".
- Ferrying and Transport Units
- Weather and Testing Units
- Reflecting the need to insure aircraft bound for the Soviet Union were prepared for the flight to Galena and Nome, prior to flying across the Bering Straits to Siberia, Ladd AAF the Alaska Air Depot of XI AF Service Command was activated on 8 July 1942.
- By the end of the war, 7,926 aircraft were ferried though Ladd Field.
- The furthest airport from Ladd Army Airfield (FBK) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,286 miles (16,554 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
- Ladd Army Airfield (FBK) currently has only 1 runway.